A visit to the Burkburnett Memorial 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 Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #1452095).
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 Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery:
34.0777, -98.5525
The Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burkburnett.
The cemetery is located in Wichita County<2>.
The county seat for Wichita County is located in Wichita Falls. Wichita Falls lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The East Lawn Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Evart Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evart Cemetery
- Clara Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Clara Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Cemetery
- Devol Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Devol Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Devol Cemetery is located in Tillman County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Eschiti Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Grandfield Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kempner Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crestview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Crestview Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview Cemetery
- Rest Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Rest Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Cemetery
- Rosemont Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burkburnett
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cashion Community
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Devol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Randlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thornberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iowa Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Wichita Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grandfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Cookietown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeside City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeside City is located in Archer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
- Jolly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Petrolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holliday
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
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 Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wichita County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burkburnett
- Byers
- Byers lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Byers.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Chattanooga
- Devol
- Devol lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Devol.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
- Electra
- Grandfield
- Iowa Park
- Loveland
- Petrolia
- Randlett
- Temple
- Temple lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Temple.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Walters
- Wichita Falls
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 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 Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Wichita 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 Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1452095
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 Wichita, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burkburnett Memorial 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. |