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A visit to the Green 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 Green Cemetery ...

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

31.7074, -95.0349

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

The Green Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<2>.

The county seat for Cherokee County is located in Rusk. Rusk lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Green Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Green Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Green Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Berryman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Berryman Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman Cemetery
  • Cummings Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Cummings Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Cemetery
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Bradford Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
  • New Hope Community Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The New Hope Community Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Alto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198119 <5>
  • Old Palestine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Old Palestine Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Palestine Cemetery
    • The Old Palestine Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #597223 <5>
  • Selman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Selman Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman Cemetery
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Harrison Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
  • Martin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Martin Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
    • The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
  • Pleasant Holly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Salem Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
    • Looney Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Looney Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Cemetery
    • Woodville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Woodville Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Cemetery
    • Cornelius Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The Cornelius Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius Cemetery
    • Meredith Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Meredith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Cemetery
    • Weems Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Weems Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems Cemetery
    • Blackjack Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Blackjack Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Cemetery
    • Ward Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Ward Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
    • Woodville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Woodville Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Green Cemetery.

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

  • Alto
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alto is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <6>
  • New Birmingham ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
  • Douglass
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dextra
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
  • Rusk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <6>
  • Weeping Mary
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
  • Sacul
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Looneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
  • Reklaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Nat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
  • Ponta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ponta is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
  • Bluff City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff City is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Forest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Cushing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gallatin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Weches
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Weches is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
    • Dialville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dialville is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
    • Wells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Alazan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
    • New Salem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • New Salem is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
    • Turney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Turney is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
    • Maydelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Trawick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick

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 Green Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Green 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 professional and volunteer 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 Green Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Green Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1373908  (Green Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1373908 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: Cherokee
      • Est. Elev: 125 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Alto
      • Location given for Green Cemetery:
      • Lat: 31.7073984     Lon: -95.0349396
      • 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 Cherokee, 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- Green 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.