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A visit to the Cox 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 Cox Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cox Cemetery:

31.4091, -96.4211

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cox Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Cox Cemetery is located in Limestone County<2>.

The county seat for Limestone County is located in Groesbeck. Groesbeck lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Cox Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Cox Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Cox Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Potter Shop Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Potter Shop Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Shop Cemetery
  • Hughes & Hyden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hughes & Hyden Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes & Hyden Cemetery
  • Lenamon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Lenamon Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenamon Cemetery
  • Hogan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hogan Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan Cemetery
  • Capps Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Capps Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
  • Masters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Masters Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters Cemetery
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ferguson Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of Thornton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3575 <5>
  • Sansom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Sansom Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sansom Cemetery
  • McKenzie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The McKenzie Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie Cemetery
  • King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The King Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
  • Pippin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pippin Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippin Cemetery
  • Phifer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Phifer Cemetery is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phifer Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Carroll Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Carroll Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
    • Cobb Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Cobb Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cemetery
    • Vinson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Vinson Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Cemetery
    • Faulkenberry Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Faulkenberry Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkenberry Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Faulkenberry Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Groesbeck.
    • Lone Star Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery
    • Pace Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Pace Cemetery is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace Cemetery
    • Seale - Round Prairie Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bumpus Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The New Hope Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Jewett.
      • The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Hope Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203994 <5>
    • Oakes Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Oakes Cemetery is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
      • The Oakes Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Oaks Cemetery

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 Cox Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cox Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Lost Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
  • Seale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
  • Farrar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Farrar is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
  • Personville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Personville is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
  • Thornton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Groesbeck
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fallon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fallon is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
  • Bald Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Donie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Freestone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Freestone is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
  • Kosse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <6>
  • Newby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Newby is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Marquez
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Teague
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <6>
    • Stranger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
    • Mexia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <6>
    • Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Concord
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotton Gin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ben Hur
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur

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 Cox Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Limestone County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cox Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Cox Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Limestone 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 Cox Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1355248  (Cox Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1355248 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: Limestone
      • Est. Elev: 138 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Box Church
      • Location given for Cox Cemetery:
      • Lat: 31.409064     Lon: -96.4210852
      • 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 Limestone, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cox 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.