A visit to the Highland Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Highland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Cemetery (FG ID #98639).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Highland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery:
34.6325, -98.4005
The Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lawton.
The cemetery is located in Comanche County<2>.
The county seat for Comanche County is located in Lawton. Lawton lies just to the south of the Highland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Highland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ft. Sill Post Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Ft. Sill Post Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Sill Post Cemetery
- Flower Mound Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chief Chihuahua Apache Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bailtso Apache South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beef Creek Apache Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Otipoby Comanche Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deyo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Deyo Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deyo Cemetery
- Pecan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pecan Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Cemetery
- Ft. Sill National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cache Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Cache Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Cemetery
- Allendale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Allendale Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Devine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Devine Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine Cemetery
- Paradise Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Scott Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Scott Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Scott Cemetery
- Mountain Scott Tribal Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Scott Tribal Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Letitia Community Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elgin Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Elgin Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin Cemetery
- St. Ann Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Ann Cemetery is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ann Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Artillery Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
- Lawton
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fort Sill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richards Spur ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Medicine Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geronimo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Cache
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hulen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- The Holy City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Holy City is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
- Meers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central High
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Central High is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
- Apache
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Highland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Comanche County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Apache
- Cache
- Chattanooga
- Cyril
- Cyril lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Highland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cyril.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
- Elgin
- Elgin lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Highland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elgin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Faxon
- Fletcher
- Fort Sill
- Geronimo
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Lawton
- Medicine Park
- Meers
- Sterling
- Walters
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Highland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Comanche County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Highland Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #98639
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1093750 (Highland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1093750 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Comanche
- Est. Elev: 357 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fort Sill
- Location given for Highland Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.6320178 Lon: -98.4006089
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Comanche, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |