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A visit to the Hamby Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Hamby Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   32.5190°   (32° 31' 8")

Lon:   -99.6134°   (-99° 36' 48")

The Hamby Cemetery is located in Jones County<2>.

The county seat for Jones County is located in Anson. Anson lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the northwest of the Hamby Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Hamby Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Round Mound Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Mound Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Round Mound Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Taylor County
  • Phantom Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phantom Hill Cemetery
    • The Phantom Hill Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • The Phantom Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Phantom Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3660 <5>
  • Abilene State Hospital Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abilene State Hospital Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abilene State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Abilene State Hospital Cemetery is located in Taylor County
  • Rising Sun Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rising Sun Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rising Sun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rising Sun Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Old Colony Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Colony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Colony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Colony Cemetery is located in Taylor County
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Elm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Elm Cemetery is located in San Saba County
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Elm Cemetery
    • The Little Elm Cemetery is located in Taylor County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Elm Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Abilene.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2347400 <5>
  • Potosi Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potosi Cemetery
    • The Potosi Cemetery is located in Taylor County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Potosi Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Potosi.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6134 <5>
  • Eula Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eula Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Eula Cemetery is located in Callahan County
  • St. Joachim Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joachim Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joachim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joachim Cemetery is located in Callahan County
  • Central Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Central Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Elmwood Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Elmwood Memorial Park is located in San Saba County
    • Hawley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hawley Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Mid Way Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mid Way Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mid Way Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mid Way Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Seaton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Seaton Cemetery is located in Callahan County
    • Tye Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Iberis Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ross Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ross Cemetery is located in Callahan County
    • Lueders Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lueders Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lueders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lueders Cemetery is located in Jones County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Hamby Cemetery.

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

  • Hamby
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby
    • Hamby is located in Taylor County
  • Impact
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Impact have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
    • Impact is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
  • Abilene
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Phantom Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
    • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
  • Clyde
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Callahan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <6>
  • Eula
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eula
    • Eula is located in Callahan County
  • Hawley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
    • Hawley is located in Jones County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <6>
  • Potosi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potosi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
    • Potosi is located in Taylor County
  • Tye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
    • Tye is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <6>
  • Baird
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Baird is located in Callahan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baird <6>
  • Denton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
    • Denton is located in Callahan County
    • Denton has also been known as:
    • Denton Valley
  • Lueders
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lueders have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lueders
    • Lueders is located in Jones County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lueders <6>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Funston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
      • Funston is located in Jones County
    • Stith
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stith
      • Stith is located in Jones County
    • Buffalo Gap
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
      • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Belle Plain ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Belle Plain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
      • Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
    • Tuscola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
      • Tuscola is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuscola <6>
    • Albany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Albany is located in Shackelford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,958 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <6>
    • Anson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
      • Anson is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <6>
    • Merkel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Avoca
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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 Hamby Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jones County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Abilene
  • Albany
  • Anson
  • Avoca
    • Avoca lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Hamby Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Avoca.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Baird
    • Baird lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Hamby Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Baird.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
  • Clyde
    • Clyde lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Hamby Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clyde.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Hawley
    • Hawley lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Hamby Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hawley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
  • Merkel
  • Moran
  • Putnam
    • Putnam lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Hamby Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Putnam.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
  • Tuscola

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 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 Hamby Cemetery:

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 Hamby Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1337271  (Hamby Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1337271 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Flattop
    • County: Jones         Elev: 540
    • Location given for GNIS #1337271 (Hamby Cemetery)

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Jones, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Hamby Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5190, Longitude: -99.6134       In this case, the coordinates for the Hamby Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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