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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 Day Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   31.7416°   (31° 44' 29")

Lon:   -96.0775°   (-96° 4' 39")

The Day Cemetery is located in Freestone County<2>.

The county seat for Freestone County is located in Fairfield. Fairfield lies just to the west southwest of the Day Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Day Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Chancellor Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chancellor Union Cemetery
    • The Chancellor Union Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • The Chancellor Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chancellor Cemetery
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Cemetery
    • The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fairfield.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #381450 <5>
  • Lakes Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakes Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakes Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lakes Chapel Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Post Oak Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Tyus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tyus Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edwards Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Rehobath Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehobath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehobath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rehobath Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Old Anglan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Anglan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Anglan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Anglan Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
    • The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Freestone County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • George Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The George Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Willis Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Willis Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Driver Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Driver Cemetery
      • The Driver Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Brooke Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooke Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brooke Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Plum Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plum Creek Cemetery
      • The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jackson Cemetery is located in Anderson County
    • Salem Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Harrison Chapel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrison Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrison Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harrison Chapel Cemetery is located in Freestone County
    • Lone Star Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Star Cemetery
      • The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Freestone County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lone Star Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of Palestine.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157584 <5>
    • Mayes Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayes Cemetery
      • The Mayes Cemetery is located in Freestone County
      • The Mayes Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Maze Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166132 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Day Cemetery.

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

  • Turlington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Turlington is located in Freestone County
  • Fairfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Red Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
    • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
  • Lanely
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lanely. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
    • Lanely is located in Freestone County
  • Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stewards Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
    • Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
  • Dew
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Dew is located in Freestone County
  • Yard ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
    • Yard is located in Anderson County
  • Greens Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greens Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
    • Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
  • Massey Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
    • Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
  • Teague
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teague have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
    • Teague is located in Freestone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <6>
  • Kirvin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Tennessee Colony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Winkler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
      • Winkler is located in Freestone County
    • Bethel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Anderson County
    • Freestone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
    • Harmony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harmony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
    • Cayuga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cayuga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
      • Cayuga is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <6>
    • Cotton Gin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Oakwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <6>
    • Streetman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Buffalo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Tucker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Anderson County
    • Ward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
      • Ward is located in Anderson County
    • Donie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackfoot
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blackfoot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
      • Blackfoot is located in Anderson County

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 Day Cemetery. The following communities are located in Freestone County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Day 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 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 Day Cemetery:

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 Day Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1355729  (Day Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1355729 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: Turlington
    • County: Freestone         Elev: 122
    • Location given for GNIS #1355729 (Day Cemetery)

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Freestone, 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 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 Day Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7416, Longitude: -96.0775       In this case, the coordinates for the Day Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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.
<7>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.




 

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