A visit to the Bethel 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 Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel Cemetery:
33.0165, -95.1880
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethel Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north of the Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clearwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Clearwater Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brantley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brantley Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- McGee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smyrna Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Smyrna Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196713 <5>
- Hepsibah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The City Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winnsboro City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #401277 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pineview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pineview Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Glade Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Glade Springs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Springs Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Purley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6062 <5>
- Hay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Coldwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Coldwater Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coldwater Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2967 <5>
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Piney Grove Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #374762 <5>
- Myrtle Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Myrtle Springs Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Springs Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Pittsburg.
- The Myrtle Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Macedonia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1172448 <5>
- Fuquay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Fuquay Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuquay 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 Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Scroggins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Purley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Winnsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Rocky Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Perryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Miller's Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Stout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pickton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Simpsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Pittsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harvard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Black Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Cartwright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Saltillo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Grice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Como
(16 miles [25.7 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 Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- Pittsburg
- Winfield
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 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1330485 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1330485 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 127 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Hope
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0165103 Lon: -95.1879967
- 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 Franklin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bethel 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. |
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