A visit to the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park (FG ID #2467).
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 Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park:
32.8943, -97.1429
The Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park is located in Tarrant County<2>.
The county seat for Tarrant County is located in Fort Worth. Fort Worth lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Parker Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arwine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grapevine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bourland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bourland Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourland Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Colloway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Colloway Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colloway Cemetery
- Medlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roanoke IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birdville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Birdville Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville Cemetery
- Tomlin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Tomlin Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomlin Cemetery
- Gibbons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Gibbons Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbons Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ray - Manship Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The White Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Moore Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Haley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Haley Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley Cemetery
- Harrington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Harrington Cemetery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Cemetery
- Sweets Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Fork Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The West Fork Cemetery is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork Cemetery
- Sowers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, with the nearest first:
- Colleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bransford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bedford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Southlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- North Richland Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Grapevine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Euless
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Watauga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Richland Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trophy Club
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Haltom City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
- Sowers ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flower Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Irving
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coppell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- University Park Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Double Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tarrant County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Colleyville
- Coppell
- Coppell lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Coppell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppell
- Irving
- Irving lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Irving.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Keller
- Keller lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Keller.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- North Richland Hills
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 websites either 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 Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Tarrant 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 Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2467
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1330927 (Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1330927 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: Tarrant
- Est. Elev: 202 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Colleyville
- Location given for Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park:
- Lat: 32.8942933 Lon: -97.1422339
- 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 Tarrant, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park) 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. |