A visit to the Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hill Cemetery:
32.3782, -95.4852
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County<2>.
The county seat for Van Zandt County is located in Canton. Canton lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Wood / Verner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Wood / Verner Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood / Verner Cemetery
- The Wood / Verner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Fork Cemetery
- Verner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7402 <5>
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Pleasant Retreat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaird Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Beaird Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaird Cemetery
- Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Sylvan Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
- Jacob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Jacob Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Cemetery
- Dean Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dean Baptist Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Baptist Cemetery
- Hudson J Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hudson J Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson J Cemetery
- Dover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Dover Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- Edom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Rock Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rock Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Tyler.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Park
- Tyler Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7319 <5>
- Hopewell Valley Cemetery (African-American)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Brownsboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Brownsboro Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownsboro Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Brownsboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139028 <5>
- Old Norwegian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Norwegian Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Norwegian Cemetery
- Galilee Cemetery (African-American)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West View Cemetery (African-American)
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard 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 Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chandler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carroll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Swan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Hideaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Edom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Noonday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Moore Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Lee Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Van
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <6>
- Ben Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leagueville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Flint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Jamestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Coffee City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Teaselville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Murchison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
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 Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Van Zandt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Lindale
- Mineola
- Tyler
- Van
- Van lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Van.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Whitehouse
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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Van Zandt 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1337773 (Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1337773 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: Van Zandt
- Est. Elev: 125 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Sylvan
- Location given for Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.3782019 Lon: -95.4852354
- 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 Van Zandt, 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- Hill 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. |