A visit to the Goodwill 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 Goodwill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Goodwill Cemetery (FG ID #2501676).
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 Goodwill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Goodwill Cemetery:
30.6414, -96.6260
The Goodwill Cemetery is located in Burleson County<2>.
The county seat for Burleson County is located in Caldwell. Caldwell lies just to the south southwest of the Goodwill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Goodwill Cemetery.
Name Variations for Goodwill 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.
Goodwill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jones Cemetery
- Willie C. Jones Cemetery
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 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Goodwill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Goodwill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Carr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evangelical UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Salem Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Teals Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hix Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Point Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kramer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Draper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Slovak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jezek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Tabor Brethren Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- New Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canaan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Canaan Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Cemetery
- Mumford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Goodwill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Goodwill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cooks Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stone City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Mumford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chriesman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rye ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Gause
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Snook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- San Antonio Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bryan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frenstat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hearne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Lyons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- College Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Birch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Branchville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tabor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wellborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wixon Valley
(20 miles [32.2 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
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 Goodwill 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 Goodwill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bryan
- Caldwell
- College Station
- Gause
- Gause lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Goodwill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gause.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gause
- Hearne
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Goodwill 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 Goodwill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2501676
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goodwill 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. |