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A visit to the Harper Cemetery ...


The location of the Harper Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


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 Harper Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   29.9491°   (29° 56' 56")

Lon:   -96.0755°   (-96° 4' 31")

The Harper Cemetery is located in Waller County<2>.

The county seat for Waller County is located in Hempstead. Hempstead lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Harper Cemetery .

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 Harper Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Waller County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Harper Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

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

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

    • Pine Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Pattison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckhorn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
    • San Felipe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hempstead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Prairie View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
      • Prairie View is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie View <4>
    • Bellville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Millheim
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
    • Saint Paul
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
    • Waller
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sealy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Frydek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
      • Frydek is located in Austin County
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Brazos Country
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brazos Country have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
        • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
      • Brookshire
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookshire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookshire
        • Brookshire is located in Waller County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,095 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookshire <4>
      • Hockley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hockley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockley
        • Hockley is located in Harris County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hockley <4>
      • Sempronius ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sempronius have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
        • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Fields Store
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
        • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Cat Spring
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cat Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Spring
        • Cat Spring is located in Austin County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cat Spring <4>
      • Kenney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenney
        • Kenney is located in Austin County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenney <4>
      • Rexville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rexville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
        • Rexville is located in Austin County
      • Chappell Hill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chappell Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Hill
        • Chappell Hill is located in Washington County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chappell Hill <4>
      • Katy
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
        • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <4>
      • New Wehdem
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Wehdem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
        • New Wehdem is located in Austin County

    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 Harper Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Waller County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Harper Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Monaville Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monaville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Monaville Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monaville Cemetery
    • Carrington Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carrington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Carrington Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carrington Cemetery
    • Vesley Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Vesley Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vesley Cemetery
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • President Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the President Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The President Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the President Cemetery
    • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Ivys Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ivys Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ivys Creek Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ivys Creek Cemetery
    • Schulke Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Schulke Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Schulke Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Schulke Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Bellville.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schulke Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2535338 <7>
    • Holtz Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holtz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holtz Cemetery is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holtz Cemetery
    • Wendt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wendt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wendt Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wendt Cemetery
    • Warwarofsky Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warwarofsky Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Warwarofsky Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warwarofsky Cemetery
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Frey Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Frey Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frey Cemetery
      • Menke Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Menke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Menke Cemetery is located in Austin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Menke Cemetery
      • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Coshatte Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coshatte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Coshatte Cemetery is located in Austin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coshatte Cemetery
      • Kholor Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kholor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Kholor Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kholor Cemetery
      • Staehle Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Staehle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Staehle Cemetery is located in Austin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Staehle Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7057 <7>
      • Frances Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frances Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Frances Cemetery is located in Austin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frances Cemetery
      • Abel Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Abel Cemetery is located in Austin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abel Cemetery
      • Macedonia Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosses Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosses Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Rosses Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosses Cemetery
      • Clemons Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clemons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Clemons Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clemons Cemetery
      • Waller Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Waller Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waller Cemetery
      • Kountze Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kountze Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Kountze Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kountze Cemetery
      • Bozeman Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bozeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bozeman Cemetery is located in Waller County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bozeman Cemetery

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

    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 Harper Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1358823  (Harper Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1358823 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: Sunny Side
      • County: Waller         Elev: 46
      • Location given for GNIS #1358823 (Harper Cemetery)

    The official website for Waller County: www.co.waller.tx.us/

    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 Waller, 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 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 Harper Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9491, Longitude: -96.0755       In this case, the coordinates for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.




 

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