A visit to the Box 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 Box Cemetery ...
The Box Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Berry Cemetery
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- Bodenhamer Cemetery
- The Bodenhamer Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenhamer Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Easley Cemetery
- The Easley Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Cemetery
- Easley Cemetery
- The Easley Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Hendrick Cemetery
- The Hendrick Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrick Cemetery
- Holcomb Cemetery
- The Holcomb Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Lawrence Cemetery
- Mosley Cemetery
- The Mosley Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosley Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Muse Cemetery
- The Muse Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muse Cemetery
- The Muse Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Muse Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #538341 <2>
- Nelson Cemetery
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- New Hope Community Cemetery
- The New Hope Community Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Alto.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198119 <2>
- Parks Cemetery
- The Parks Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Sardis Cemetery
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Weems Cemetery
- The Weems Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems Cemetery
- Wilson Family Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Box Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alderbranch
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
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- Alto
- Belott
- Belott is located in Houston County
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- Bluff City ‑ Historic
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Deanwright
- Deanwright is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
- Dextra
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Dialville
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Douglass
- Forest
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Gallatin
- Harrison Town
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
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- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Herring
- Herring is located in Anderson County
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- Jacksonville
- Jarvis
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Kossuth
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Maydelle
- Mound City
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Ponta
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
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- Refuge
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Reklaw
- Rusk
- Salmon
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
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- Slocum
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Tadmor
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Turney
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Weches
- Weches is located in Houston County
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- Weeping Mary
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
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 Box Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Box Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dialville
- Jacksonville
- New Birmingham - Historic
- Rusk
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 Box Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Box Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1352765 (Box Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1352765 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pryor Mountain
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Box Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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