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A visit to the Arnold 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 Arnold Cemetery ...

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

31.5441, -95.0535

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

The Arnold Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.

The county seat for Houston County is located in Crockett. Crockett lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Arnold Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Arnold Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Arnold Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Thompson Cemetery is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
  • Hester Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Hester Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester Cemetery
  • Shooks Bluff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Shooks Bluff Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Bluff Cemetery
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Wells.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5385 <5>
  • Easley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Easley Cemetery is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Cemetery
  • Easley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Easley Cemetery is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Cemetery
  • Kennedy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
  • McKinney & Wells Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexican Prisoners Grave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Walker Cemetery is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
  • New Hope Community Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The New Hope Community Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Alto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198119 <5>
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Harrison Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Conner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Conner Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Cemetery
    • Simpson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Simpson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Simpson Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
    • Selman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Selman Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman Cemetery
    • Old Palestine Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Old Palestine Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Palestine Cemetery
      • The Old Palestine Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #597223 <5>
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
      • The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Durham Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Durham Cemetery is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
    • Parkes Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • The Parkes Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkes Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Arnold Cemetery.

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

  • Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Bluff City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bluff City is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Wells
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Weeping Mary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
  • Alto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Alto is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <6>
  • Tadmor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tadmor is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
  • Redtown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Redtown is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
  • Weches
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Weches is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
  • Ratcliff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pollok
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hagerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hagerville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
  • Douglass
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Harrison Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrison Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
    • Kennard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fog Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Fog Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
    • Durant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Durant is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
    • Alazan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
    • Belott
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Belott is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
    • New Birmingham ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
    • Central
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Central is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Nat
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
    • Rusk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <6>
    • Clawson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Clawson is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson

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 Arnold Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Arnold Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Houston 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 Arnold Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1381337  (Arnold Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1381337 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: Houston
      • Est. Elev: 106 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Forest
      • Location given for Arnold Cemetery:
      • Lat: 31.5440674     Lon: -95.0535485
      • 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 Texas' counties, including Houston, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arnold 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.