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A visit to the Sweet Hill Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Sweet Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sweet Hill Cemetery:

33.9495, -95.5722

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sweet Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Sweet Hill Cemetery is located in Choctaw County<2>.

The county seat for Choctaw County is located in Hugo. Hugo lies just to the northeast of the Sweet Hill Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sweet Hill Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sweet Hill Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sweet Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Goodland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Goodland Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Cold Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Cold Springs Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs Cemetery
  • Grant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Grant Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
  • Crosley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Crosley Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosley Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Springs Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs Cemetery
  • Springs Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • New Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The New Macedonia Cemetery is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Macedonia Cemetery
  • Littlejohn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Littlejohn Cemetery is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlejohn Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Olivet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99016 <5>
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Bluff Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Bluff Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Cemetery
    • Reid Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Reid Cemetery is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Cemetery
    • Forest Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • The Forest Chapel Cemetery is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Chapel Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Chicota (TX).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1292756 <5>
    • Durant Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Durant Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant Cemetery
    • Jones Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Soper Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Soper Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soper Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Soper Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Soper.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99554 <5>
    • Shoat Springs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • The Shoat Springs Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoat Springs Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sweet Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sweet Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Razor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Razor is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
  • Chicota
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hugo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <6>
  • Arthur City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Midcity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Midcity is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midcity
    • Midcity has also been known as:
    • Trout Spur
    • Trout
  • Powderly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Soper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Garretts Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
  • Belk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Belk is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
  • Camp Maxey ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Camp Maxey is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Maxey
  • Sawyer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Caviness
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Caviness is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
    • Virgil
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Virgil is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
    • Hinckley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hinckley is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
    • Sumner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Novice
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Novice is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
    • Frogville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
    • Apple
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Apple is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
    • Amherst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Amherst is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Direct
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Direct is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
    • Hopewell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hopewell is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Pin Hook
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pin Hook is located in Lamar County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
    • Fort Towson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Belzoni
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Belzoni is located in Pushmataha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belzoni
    • Boswell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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 Sweet Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Choctaw County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sweet Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Boswell
  • Camp Maxey - Historic
  • Fort Towson
  • Hugo
    • Hugo lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Sweet Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hugo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Sawyer
    • Sawyer lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Sweet Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sawyer.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
  • Soper
    • Soper lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Sweet Hill Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Soper.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soper

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 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 Sweet Hill Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oklahoma:
  • Pages specific to Choctaw 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 Sweet Hill Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1098685  (Sweet Hill Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1098685 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: Choctaw
      • Est. Elev: 141 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Grant
      • Location given for Sweet Hill Cemetery:
      • Lat: 33.949548     Lon: -95.5721837
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sweet Hill 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.