A visit to the Hepsibah 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 Hepsibah Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hepsibah Cemetery (FG ID #4181).
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 Hepsibah Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hepsibah Cemetery:
32.9405, -95.1358
The Hepsibah Cemetery is located in Wood County<2>.
The county seat for Wood County is located in Quitman. Quitman lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Hepsibah Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hepsibah Cemetery.
Establishment of the Hepsibah Cemetery ...
The Hepsibah Cemetery was established in 1877.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Hepsibah Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hepsibah Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pineview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Clearwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clearwater Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Simpsonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Simpsonville Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- McGee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monday Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Monday Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monday Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Grice Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crossroad Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroad Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroad Cemetery
- Lawton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Lawton Cemetery is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Cemetery
- Brantley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Brantley Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hepsibah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hepsibah Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Piney Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scroggins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Perryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Simpsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Grice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Winnsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stout
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Rhonesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harvard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Purley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bettie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cartwright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Delrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miller's Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Kelsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Hepsibah Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wood County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hepsibah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 websites either 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 Hepsibah Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Wood 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 Hepsibah Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #4181
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1337635 (Hepsibah Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1337635 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: Camp
- Est. Elev: 143 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newsome
- Location given for Hepsibah Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9404028 Lon: -95.1357738
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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 Wood, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hepsibah 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. |