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A visit to the Goss 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 Goss Cemetery ...

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

29.6380, -95.8663

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

The Goss Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County<2>.

The county seat for Fort Bend County is located in Richmond. Richmond lies just to the east southeast of the Goss Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Goss Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Goss Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Briscoe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Briscoe Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe Cemetery
  • McNabb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The McNabb Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNabb Cemetery
  • Lightfoot Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Lightfoot Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot Cemetery
  • Little Prayer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Little Prayer Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prayer Cemetery
  • Pool Hill Mason Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Simonton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Simonton Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Cemetery
    • The Simonton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Simonton Community Cemetery
  • Wow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Wow Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wow Cemetery
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Jones Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
  • Orchard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Byrd Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
    • The Byrd Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosenberg Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257031 <5>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • West Gethsemane Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Morton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Morton Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
    • San Gabriel Cemetery Annex
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • San Grabiel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The San Grabiel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Grabiel Cemetery
    • Brookshire Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Brookshire Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookshire Cemetery
    • Jones Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
    • Hill Side Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Hill Side Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Side Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hill Side Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Wallis.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157954 <5>
    • Wallis Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Wallis Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Cemetery
    • Friedens Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Friedens Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Goss Cemetery.

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

  • Fulshear
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
  • Weston Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
  • Orchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rosenberg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Richmond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Simonton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pecan Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Harlem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Cinco Ranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
  • Pin Oak Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
  • Beasley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Katy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <6>
    • Pleak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Pleak is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
    • Greatwood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
    • New Territory
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
    • Brookshire
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Clodine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Greatwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
    • Mission Bend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Westlake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Brazos Country
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • East Bernard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Powell Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Powell Point is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Point
    • Booth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Land
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Town West
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Pattison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Barker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Westlake Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village

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 Goss Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fort Bend County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 either 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 Goss Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Fort Bend 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 Goss Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1336747  (Goss Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1336747 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: Fort Bend
      • Est. Elev: 31 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Richmond NE
      • Location given for Goss Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.6380135     Lon: -95.8663416
      • 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 Fort Bend, 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- Goss 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.