A visit to the Black Family 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 Black Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Black Family Cemetery (FG ID #2361529).
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 Black Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Black Family Cemetery:
33.7963, -96.7164
The Black Family Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Sherman. Sherman lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Black Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Black Family Cemetery.
Establishment of the Black Family Cemetery ...
The Black Family Cemetery was established in 2007.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Black Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Black Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Georgetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Locust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hagerman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Government Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lake Cemetery is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cemetery
- Massey - Steel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grubb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Campbell Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shires Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mayrant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Potts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Keirsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Preston Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Basin Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Offutt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coffman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Black Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Black Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pottsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Basin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frontier Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Shay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Knollwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knollwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Cartwright
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sandusky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sadler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
- Denison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red River City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- McBride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Southmayd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Platter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Colbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whitesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dexter
(14 miles [22.5 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 Black Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Black Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Colbert
- Denison
- Kingston
- Pottsboro
- Sherman
- Whitesboro
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 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 Black Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Grayson 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 Black Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2361529
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 Grayson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Family 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. |