A visit to the Dancer 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 Dancer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dancer Cemetery:
31.6221, -96.5755
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dancer Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dancer Cemetery is located in Limestone County<2>.
The county seat for Limestone County is located in Groesbeck. Groesbeck lies just to the south southeast of the Dancer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dancer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Dancer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dancer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Honest Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Honest Ridge Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honest Ridge Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Forest Glade Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade Cemetery
- Horn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Horn Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill Cemetery
- Ft. Parker Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Parker Memorial Park
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ft. Parker Memorial Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Lewisville Cemetery
- Union Burial Ground
- Doyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Doyle Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
- Plummers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Plummers Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Cemetery
- Mexia City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mexia City Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mexia City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mexia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979262 <5>
- Lone Star Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery
- Faulkenberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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.
- Coolidge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Coolidge Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- New Armour Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The New Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Armour Cemetery
- Armour Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Nus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Nus Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nus Cemetery
- Phifer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Phifer Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phifer Cemetery
- Pippin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Pippin Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippin Cemetery
- Spillers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Spillers Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillers Cemetery
- Lindley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Lindley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dancer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dancer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Groesbeck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mexia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Tehuacana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Fallon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Coolidge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Hur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Delia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Prairie Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cotton Gin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wortham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Thornton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Mart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Personville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Watt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Teague
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kirvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otto
(18 miles [29 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 Dancer 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 Dancer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coolidge
- Cotton Gin
- Dawson
- Groesbeck
- Mart
- Mart lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Dancer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mart.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
- Mexia
- Mount Calm
- Tehuacana
- Thornton
- Wortham
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 Dancer 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 Dancer Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1355624 (Dancer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1355624 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: 142 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Groesbeck
- Location given for Dancer Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6221127 Lon: -96.5755387
- 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- Dancer 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. |