A visit to the Brooks 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 Brooks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brooks Cemetery (FG ID #2584).
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 Brooks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooks Cemetery:
33.6075, -96.8934
The Brooks Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Sherman. Sherman lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east of the Brooks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brooks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Brooks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Welch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Macomb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Diamond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Herod - Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Collinsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walthall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hutton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sadler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Akers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Akers Cemetery is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers Cemetery
- Nelson Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Nelson Grove Cemetery is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Grove Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Barron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Christian Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Whitesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Collinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sadler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Kiowa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Southmayd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Basin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Tioga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Callisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Burns City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dorchester is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Sandusky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gunter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gordonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Locust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Brooks 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 Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Collinsville
- Gainesville
- Pilot Point
- Pottsboro
- Sherman
- Tioga
- Whitesboro
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Brooks 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 Brooks Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2584
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1352938 (Brooks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1352938 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: Grayson
- Est. Elev: 223 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Collinsville
- Location given for Brooks Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.6073304 Lon: -96.8936134
- 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooks 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. |