A visit to the Forest 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. 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Cemetery:
32.7707, -96.2500
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Lawn Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in Kaufman County<2>.
The county seat for Kaufman County is located in Kaufman. Kaufman lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Forest Lawn Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Lawn Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- State Hospital Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Barrow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Barrow Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrow Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Terrell.
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Oakwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5698 <5>
- S E Terrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The S E Terrell Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for S E Terrell Cemetery
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Dry Creek Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek Cemetery
- New Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The New Oakwood Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Oakwood Cemetery
- Henderson Mosley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- Elmo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Elmo Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo Cemetery
- East Bachelor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Weaver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Weaver Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Cemetery
- College Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The College Mound Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the College Mound Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Terrell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1188058 <5>
- Chisholm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Chisholm Cemetery is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Post Oak Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Easton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Easton Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Cemetery
- Ables Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Terrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Lawrence
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Elmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Ables Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Post Oak Bend City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- McLendon - Chisholm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Union Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Talty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Oak Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Abner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blackland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Quinlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawk Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Forney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kaufman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mobile City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Heath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Royse City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Wills Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Boles Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Fate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Forest Lawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kaufman County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elmo
- Elmo lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elmo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Forney
- Kaufman
- Quinlan
- Terrell
- Wills Point
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 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Kaufman 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1336030 (Forest Lawn Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1336030 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: Kaufman
- Est. Elev: 154 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Poetry
- Location given for Forest Lawn Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.7706836 Lon: -96.2499781
- 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 Kaufman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Lawn 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. |
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