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A visit to the Harlingan City 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 Harlingan City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Harlingan City Cemetery (FG ID #673519).

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 Harlingan City Cemetery ...

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

26.1794, -97.7013

The Harlingan City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Harlingen.

The cemetery is located in Cameron County<2>.

The county seat for Cameron County is located in Brownsville. Brownsville lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Harlingan City Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Harlingan City Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Harlingan City Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Harlingan City Cemetery.

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

  • Harlingen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Las Palmas - Juarez
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Las Palmas - Juarez is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palmas - Juarez
  • Palm Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Combes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Combes is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,037 people
    • Combes has also been known as:
    • Combes Colonia
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Combes <5>
  • Lasana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lasana is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasana
    • Lasana has also been known as:
    • Lasana Colonia
  • Primera
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Primera is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primera
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,271 people
  • Rangerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rangerville is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangerville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 289 people
    • Rangerville has also been known as:
    • Rangerville Colonia
  • El Camino Angosto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • El Camino Angosto is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Camino Angosto
    • El Camino Angosto has also been known as:
    • El Camino Angosto Colonia
  • San Benito
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Arroyo Colorado Estates
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • La Feria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Villa del Sol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Villa del Sol is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa del Sol
    • Villa del Sol has also been known as:
    • Villa del Sol Colonia
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • La Feria North
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Windsong Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Windsong Village is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Village
      • Windsong Village has also been known as:
      • Windsong Village Colonia
    • North La Feria Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • North La Feria Village is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Feria Village
      • North La Feria Village has also been known as:
      • North La Feria Village Colonia
    • Arroyo Alto
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Arroyo Alto is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Alto
    • Lago
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lago is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lago
      • Lago has also been known as:
      • Lago Colonia
    • Rio Hondo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Grand Acres is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Acres
    • Solis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Solis is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis
      • Solis has also been known as:
      • Solis Colonia
    • Bixby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Los Indios
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Carricitos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • La Paloma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley Farms
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Valley Farms is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Farms
      • Green Valley Farms has also been known as:
      • Green Valley Farms Colonia
    • Lozano
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tierra Bonita
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tierra Bonita is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Bonita
      • Tierra Bonita has also been known as:
      • Tierra Bonita Colonia
    • Santa Rosa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ratamosa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Ratamosa is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratamosa
      • Ratamosa has also been known as:
      • Ratamosa Colonia

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 Harlingan City Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cameron County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Harlingan City Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Cameron 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 Harlingan City Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #673519

    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 Cameron, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harlingan City 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.