A visit to the Crossroads Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Crossroads Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Crossroads Cemetery
Lat: 33.3278° (33° 19' 40")
Lon: -96.7575° (-96° 45' 26")
The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Collin County<1>.
The county seat for Collin County is located in McKinney. McKinney lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Crossroads Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Crossroads Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Crossroads Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Corinth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Celina Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Culwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forbis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ware Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunt Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Collin County
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mugg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Smallwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Collin County
- Wilson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alexander Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Baker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Crossroads Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Crossroads Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Celina
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rhea Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Weston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prosper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
- Prosper is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prosper <7>
- Roland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Roland is located in Collin County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Roland
- From the Crossroads Cemetery to Roland
- Rockhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Parris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Anna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mantua ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantua came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Mantua is located in Collin County
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Frisco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Van Alstyne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Krugerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Providence Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Elm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elm
- Little Elm is located in Denton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56,625 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Elm <7>
- New Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- New Hope is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
- Tioga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aubrey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hackberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Ethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <7>
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Fairview is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <7>
- Howe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Grayson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
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 Crossroads Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Collin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Crossroads Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allen
- Allen lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Crossroads Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Allen.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Aubrey
- Celina
- Frisco
- Howe
- Howe lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Crossroads Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Howe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- McKinney
- Pilot Point
- Tioga
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 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 Crossroads Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Collin County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Crossroads Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Crossroads Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1355412 (Crossroads Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1355412 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Celina
- County: Collin Elev: 242
- Location given for GNIS #1355412 (Crossroads Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Collin County: www.co.collin.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Collin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Crossroads Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3278, Longitude: -96.7575 |
<3> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<4> | 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. |
<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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<8> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |