A visit to the Burke 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 Burke Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burke Cemetery:
31.2838, -95.0077
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Burke Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Burke Cemetery is located in Trinity County<2>.
The county seat for Trinity County is located in Groveton. Groveton lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Burke Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Burke Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burke Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tullos Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Tullos Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullos Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- McLain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The McLain Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north of Groveton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5317 <5>
- Bennett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Luce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Luce Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Cemetery
- Enon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Enon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- Helton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Cemetery
- Ivie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Ivie Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivie Cemetery
- The Ivie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ivy Cemetery
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- Durham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
- Creasy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Creasy Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creasy Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Sandlot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Sandlot Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlot Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Dubose Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Dubose Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubose Cemetery
- McCarty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The McCarty Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarty Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Rowan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowan Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan Cemetery
- Rowan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowan Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Burke Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burke Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Centralia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Hagerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Helmic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Blix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Fog Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Granville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Redtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Ratcliff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lacy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Durant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Pollok
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pennington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Diboll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Woodlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tadmor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Clawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Central
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Harrison Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
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 Burke Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Trinity County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burke Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Burke Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Trinity 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 Burke Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1381556 (Burke Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1381556 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: Trinity
- Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Centralia
- Location given for Burke Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.2837943 Lon: -95.0077127
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Trinity, 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- Burke 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> | 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. |
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