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A visit to the Forest Lawn Memorial Park ...

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 Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park:

29.9788, -94.0257

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

The Forest Lawn Memorial Park is located in Jefferson County<2>.

The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Beaumont. Beaumont lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park .

Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Floyd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Floyd Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Cemetery
  • Hillebrandt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Hillebrandt Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillebrandt Cemetery
  • Greenlawn Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Greenlawn Memorial Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Groves.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1801502 <5>
  • Johnson Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Johnson Memorial Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Groves.
    • The Johnson Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Johnson Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987385 <5>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
  • Adcock Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephenson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
  • Hebert Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hebert Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert Cemetery
  • Broussard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Broussard Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broussard Cemetery
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Thomas Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
  • Mansfield Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Mansfield Cemetery is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kishi Colony Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Kishi Colony Cemetery is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishi Colony Cemetery
    • Anthony Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Anthony Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Anthony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beaumont.
      • The Anthony Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Dan Gill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130 <5>
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
    • Landrum Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The Landrum Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum Cemetery
    • Granger Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Granger Cemetery is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger Cemetery
    • Singleton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Singleton Cemetery is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton Cemetery
    • Restlawn Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Restlawn Memorial Park is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restlawn Memorial Park

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first:

  • Nederland
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Central Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Central Gardens is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gardens
  • Port Neches
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Port Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Groves
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Groves is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groves <6>
  • Higgins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Higgins is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
  • Port Arthur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rose City is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
  • Terry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Terry is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Beaumont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • La Belle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • La Belle is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
  • Taylor Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Taylor Landing is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Landing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Vidor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Vidor is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <6>
    • Bridge City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Amelia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Orangefield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pine Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Pine Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Pine Island
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island

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 Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Memorial Park:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1357566  (Forest Lawn Memorial Park)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1357566 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: Jefferson
      • Est. Elev: 4 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Port Acres
      • Location given for Forest Lawn Memorial Park:
      • Lat: 29.9788249     Lon: -94.0257313
      • 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 Jefferson, 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- Forest Lawn Memorial Park) 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.