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A visit to the Garciasville 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 Garciasville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Garciasville Cemetery (FG ID #2275667).

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 Garciasville Cemetery ...

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

26.3202, -98.6937

The Garciasville Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Garciasville.

The cemetery is located in Starr County<2>.

The county seat for Starr County is located in Rio Grande City. Rio Grande City lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Garciasville Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Garciasville Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Garciasville Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Longoria Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Longoria Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longoria Cemetery
  • San Vicente Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Solizes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Solizes Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solizes Cemetery
  • Olmos Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Olmos Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmos Cemetery
  • Cuevitas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Los Garzas Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • The Los Garzas Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Garzas Cemetery
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • San Antonio Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • The San Antonio Cemetery is located in Hidalgo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Cemetery
  • Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizondo Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Elizondo Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizondo Cemetery
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Garcia Cemetery is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Laurel Hill Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
    • Coyote Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • The Coyote Cemetery is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Cemetery
    • Santa Maria Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • The Santa Maria Cemetery is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria Cemetery
    • Valley Memorial Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • San Jose Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • The San Jose Cemetery is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose Cemetery
    • Los Arrierous Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Granjeno Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Juarez Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Juarez Cemetery is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juarez Cemetery
    • Tangue Allegre Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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 Garciasville Cemetery.

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

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 Garciasville Cemetery. The following communities are located in Starr County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garciasville Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Garciasville Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Starr 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 Garciasville Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2275667

    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 Starr, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garciasville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.