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A visit to the Greathouse 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 Greathouse Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greathouse Cemetery (FG ID #3916).

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 Greathouse Cemetery ...

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

31.0295, -97.3393

The Greathouse Cemetery is located in Bell County<2>.

The county seat for Bell County is located in Belton. Belton lies just to the west northwest of the Greathouse Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Greathouse Cemetery.

Establishment of the Greathouse Cemetery ...

The Greathouse Cemetery was established in 1884.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Greathouse Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Greathouse Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greathouse 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 Greathouse Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bell County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Belton
    • Belton lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Greathouse Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Belton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
  • Buckholts
  • Holland
  • Village of Salado
    • Salado lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Greathouse Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Salado.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
  • Temple

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Greathouse Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Bell 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 Greathouse Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #3916

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1358366  (Greathouse Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1358366 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: Bell
      • Est. Elev: 184 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Temple
      • Location given for Greathouse Cemetery:
      • Lat: 31.0299033     Lon: -97.3394472
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Bell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greathouse 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 Belton and Salado. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
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