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A visit to the Bailey County 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 Bailey County Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bailey County Cemetery (FG ID #5465).

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 Bailey County Cemetery ...

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

34.2859, -102.7661

The Bailey County Cemetery is located in Bailey County<2>.

The county seat for Bailey County is located in Muleshoe. Muleshoe lies just to the south southeast of the Bailey County Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bailey County Cemetery.

Name Variations for Bailey County Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Bailey County Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Hill Top Cemetery
  • Muleshoe Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Bailey County Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Bailey County Cemetery.

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

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

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bovina
    • Bovina lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bailey County Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bovina.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
  • Clovis
    • Clovis lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bailey County Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clovis.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovis
  • Friona
  • Muleshoe
  • Sudan
    • Sudan lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Bailey County Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sudan.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
  • Texico
    • Texico lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bailey County Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Texico.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texico

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 professional and volunteer 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 Bailey County Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Bailey 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 Bailey County Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #5465

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1363460  (Muleshoe Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1363460 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: Bailey
      • Est. Elev: 1179 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Progress
      • Location given for Muleshoe Cemetery:
      • Lat: 34.2859099     Lon: -102.766051
      • 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 Texas' counties, including Bailey, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bailey County 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.