A visit to the East Lawn 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 East Lawn Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the East Lawn 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 East Lawn Cemetery
Lat: 33.9959° (33° 59' 45")
Lon: -98.6020° (-98° 36' 7")
The East Lawn Cemetery is located in Wichita County<2>.
The county seat for Wichita County is located in Wichita Falls. Wichita Falls lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the East Lawn Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the East Lawn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from East Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Highland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Iowa Park.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4219 <5>
- Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery
- The Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burkburnett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1452095 <5>
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Clara Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clara Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clara Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Clara Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Crestview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crestview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crestview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Crestview Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rest Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Lakeview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wichita Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4723 <5>
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosemont Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosemont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Crestview Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crestview Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crestview Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Crestview Memorial Park is located in Wichita County
- Bowman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Holliday Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holliday Cemetery
- The Holliday Cemetery is located in Archer County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holliday Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Holliday.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230113 <5>
- Kempner Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kempner Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kempner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Kempner Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Devol Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Devol Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devol Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Devol Cemetery is located in Tillman County (OK)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Valley Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Spring Valley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- The Spring Valley Cemetery is located in Tillman County (OK)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313820 <5>
- Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery of Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fairview Cemetery of Randlett is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Fairview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Cotton County (OK)
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Randlett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99323 <5>
- Eschiti Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grandfield Memorial Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandfield Memorial Cemetery
- The Grandfield Memorial Cemetery is located in Tillman County (OK)
- The Grandfield Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grandfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98537 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the East Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Iowa Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Park
- Iowa Park is located in Wichita County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Park <7>
- Burkburnett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkburnett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkburnett
- Burkburnett is located in Wichita County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkburnett <7>
- Cashion Community
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashion Community have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
- Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Clara is located in Wichita County
- Wichita Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
- Lakeside City is located in Archer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
- Thornberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
- Thornberry is located in Clay County
- Holliday
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Devol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
- Devol is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devol <7>
- Dean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dean is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Randlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randlett
- Randlett is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randlett <7>
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Kamay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kamay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamay
- Kamay is located in Wichita County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kamay <7>
- Grandfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jolly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Electra
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Taylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Taylor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Cotton County (OK)
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 East Lawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wichita County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The East Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burkburnett
- Byers
- Byers lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the East Lawn Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Byers.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Devol
- Electra
- Grandfield
- Henrietta
- Iowa Park
- Loveland
- Petrolia
- Randlett
- Wichita Falls
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 East Lawn Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Wichita 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 East Lawn 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 East Lawn Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1356661 (East Lawn Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1356661 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: Wichita Falls West
- County: Wichita Elev: 315
- Location given for GNIS #1356661 (East Lawn Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wichita County: www.co.wichita.tx.us/
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 Wichita, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the East Lawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9959, Longitude: -98.6020 In this case, the coordinates for the East Lawn 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> | 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. |