A visit to the Draper Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Draper Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Draper Cemetery (FG ID #3285).
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 Draper Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Draper Cemetery:
30.6126, -96.5665
The Draper Cemetery is located in Burleson County<2>.
The county seat for Burleson County is located in Caldwell. Caldwell lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Draper Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Draper Cemetery.
Name Variations for Draper Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Draper Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Draper Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Draper Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evangelical UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goodwill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook's Point Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kramer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Canaan Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Cemetery
- Teals Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slovak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brazos Bottom Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Tabor Brethren Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Goodson Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson Cemetery
- Jezek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hix Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mumford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Mumford Cemetery is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Draper Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Draper Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stone City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Cooks Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rye ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Snook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Merle ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chriesman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- College Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Frenstat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gause
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- San Antonio Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wellborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Birch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tabor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wixon Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Hearne
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Milano
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Draper Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Burleson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Draper Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bryan
- Bryan lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Draper Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bryan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Caldwell
- College Station
- Gause
- Hearne
- Somerville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Draper Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Burleson 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 Draper Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #3285
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1356244 (Draper Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1356244 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: Burleson
- Est. Elev: 95 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tunis
- Location given for Draper Cemetery:
- Lat: 30.6121448 Lon: -96.5660803
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burleson, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Draper 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Caldwell and Cooks Point. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |