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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. 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 Hill Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hill 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 Hill Cemetery

Lat:   32.3782°   (32° 22' 41")

Lon:   -95.4852°   (-95° 29' 6")

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 .

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Harmony Cemetery
    • The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Wood / Verner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood / Verner Cemetery
    • The Wood / Verner Cemetery is located in Smith County
    • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Henderson County
  • Pleasant Retreat Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Beaird Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaird Cemetery
    • The Beaird Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
    • The Mt. Sylvan Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Jacob Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacob Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacob Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jacob Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
  • Dean Baptist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Baptist Cemetery
    • The Dean Baptist Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Hudson J Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudson J Cemetery
    • The Hudson J Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Dover Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dover Cemetery
    • The Dover Cemetery is located in Smith County
  • Edom Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Old Rock Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Rock Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Henderson County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Memorial Park Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park Cemetery
      • The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Smith County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
    • Brownsboro Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownsboro Cemetery
      • The Brownsboro Cemetery is located in Henderson County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Norwegian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Norwegian Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Smith County

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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carroll. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
    • Carroll is located in Smith County
  • Swan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
    • Swan is located in Smith County
  • Hideaway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
    • Hideaway is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • Edom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
    • Edom is located in Van Zandt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edom <6>
  • Lindale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
    • Lindale is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <6>
  • Brownsboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Brownsboro is located in Henderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsboro <6>
  • Garden Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Garden Valley is located in Smith County
  • Noonday
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noonday have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Noonday is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
  • Tyler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Tyler is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 108,222 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <6>
  • Gresham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Gresham is located in Smith County
  • Moore Station
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
    • Moore Station is located in Henderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lee Spring
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
      • Lee Spring is located in Smith County
    • Van
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
      • Van is located in Van Zandt County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Wheeler
      • Ben Wheeler is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Wheeler <6>
    • Leagueville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
      • Leagueville is located in Henderson County
    • Flint
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogwood City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
      • Dogwood City is located in Smith County
    • Jamestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
    • Coffee City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
      • Coffee City is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Teaselville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
      • Teaselville is located in Smith County
    • Red Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
      • Red Springs is located in Smith County
    • Murchison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murchison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
      • Murchison is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murchison <6>
    • Whitehouse
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Whitehouse is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <6>

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.

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 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 Hill 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 Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1337773  (Hill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1337773 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: Mount Sylvan
    • County: Van Zandt         Elev: 125
    • Location given for GNIS #1337773 (Hill 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3782, Longitude: -95.4852       In this case, the coordinates for the Hill 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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