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 Houston County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
- Denson Cemetery
- The Denson Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery North Sector
- Glenwood Cemetery South Sector
- Golden Gate Cemetery
- The Golden Gate Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Cemetery
- The Golden Gate Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grapeland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983841 <2>
- Grounds Cemetery
- The Grounds Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grounds Cemetery
- Latexo Cemetery
- The Latexo Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latexo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Latexo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Latexo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4760 <2>
- McCarter Cemetery
- The McCarter Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- McCarthy Chapel Cemetery
- Milligan Cemetery
- The Milligan Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Cemetery
- Murdock Cemetery
- The Murdock Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- New Energy Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Parker Cemetery
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Rice Cemetery
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Rocky Mount Cemetery
- The Rocky Mount Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- San Pedro Cemetery
- The San Pedro Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- San Pedro Cemetery
- The San Pedro Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Tyer Cemetery
- The Tyer Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Wesley Cemetery
- The Wesley Cemetery is located in Houston County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Box Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Austonio
- Austonio is located in Houston County
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- Belott
- Belott is located in Houston County
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- Bluff City ‑ Historic
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
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- Cooper
- Cooper is located in Houston County
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- Crockett
- Elkhart
- Fog Town
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
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- Grapeland
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
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- Harrison Town
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
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- Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
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- Holly
- Holly is located in Houston County
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- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Kennard
- Latexo
- Lovelady
- Mound City
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
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- Pennington
- Porter Springs
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
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- Ratcliff
- Refuge
- Refuge is located in Houston County
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- Salmon
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
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- Slocum
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
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- Tadmor
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
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- Weches
- Weches is located in Houston County
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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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Houston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Box Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Crockett
- Elkhart
- Grapeland
- Lovelady
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 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 Box Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Houston 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 #1352764 (Box Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1352764 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 117 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grapeland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Houston, 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 '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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