A visit to the Grove Island 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 Grove Island Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grove Island Cemetery:
31.6279, -96.3775
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Grove Island Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Grove Island Cemetery is located in Freestone County<2>.
The county seat for Freestone County is located in Fairfield. Fairfield lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Grove Island Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grove Island Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Grove Island Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grove Island Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oak Island Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Island Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Plummers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Plummers Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Spillers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Spillers Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillers Cemetery
- Mexia City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mexia City Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mexia City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mexia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979262 <5>
- Shanks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Shanks Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Cemetery
- Lindley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Lindley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Cemetery
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Forest Glade Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade Cemetery
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- Doyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Doyle Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
- Kendrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Kendrick Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
- Driver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Driver Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
- Oakes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- The Oakes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oaks Cemetery
- George Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The George Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Cemetery
- Sessions Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Sessions Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sessions Cemetery
- The Sessions Cemetery has also been known as:
- Session Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Grove Island Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grove Island Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fallon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Cotton Gin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Teague
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mexia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Personville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Freestone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Kirvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Groesbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wortham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tehuacana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farrar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Donie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Streetman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thornton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lanely
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lanely is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
- Coolidge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Frosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
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 Grove Island Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Freestone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grove Island Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coolidge
- Cotton Gin
- Groesbeck
- Mexia
- Mexia lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Grove Island Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mexia.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
- Streetman
- Tehuacana
- Thornton
- Wortham
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Grove Island Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Freestone 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 Grove Island Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1358470 (Grove Island Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1358470 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: Freestone
- Est. Elev: 144 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mexia
- Location given for Grove Island Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6279472 Lon: -96.3774765
- 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 Freestone, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grove Island 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. |