A visit to the Clearwater 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 Clearwater Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Clearwater Cemetery:
32.9865, -95.2102
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Clearwater Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of the Clearwater Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Clearwater Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Clearwater Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Clearwater Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smyrna Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Smyrna Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196713 <5>
- McGee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The City Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winnsboro City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #401277 <5>
- Hepsibah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Coldwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Coldwater Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coldwater Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2967 <5>
- Pineview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Pineview Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Monday Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Monday Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Piney Grove Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #374762 <5>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Purley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6062 <5>
- Myrtle Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Myrtle Springs Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Springs Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Pittsburg.
- The Myrtle Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Macedonia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1172448 <5>
- Brantley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Brantley Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Clearwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Clearwater Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Scroggins
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Winnsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Purley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Piney Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Stout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pickton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Simpsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Rocky Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cartwright
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Miller's Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Black Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Coke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Grice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Pittsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saltillo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harvard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Como
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Rhonesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
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 Clearwater Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Clearwater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Mount Vernon
- Pittsburg
- Winfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Clearwater Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Clearwater Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1332962 (Clearwater Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1332962 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 141 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newsome
- Location given for Clearwater Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9865111 Lon: -95.2102195
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Franklin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clearwater 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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