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A visit to the Bethlehem Christian Church 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 Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (FG ID #1720886).

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 Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery:

28.8723, -95.6468

The Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery is located in Matagorda County<2>.

The county seat for Matagorda County is located in Bay City. Bay City lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethlehem Christian Church 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 Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Matagorda County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bay City
    • Bay City lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bay City.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
  • Brazoria
    • Brazoria lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Brazoria.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazoria
  • Freeport
    • Freeport lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Freeport.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Lake Jackson
  • Matagorda
  • Velasco
    • Velasco lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Velasco.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
  • West Columbia

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Matagorda 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 Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1720886

    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 Matagorda, 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- Bethlehem Christian Church 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.