A visit to the Honest Ridge 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 Honest Ridge Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Honest Ridge Cemetery:
31.6318, -96.6230
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Honest Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Honest Ridge Cemetery is located in Limestone County<2>.
The county seat for Limestone County is located in Groesbeck. Groesbeck lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Honest Ridge Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Honest Ridge Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Honest Ridge Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Honest Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dancer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Dancer Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancer Cemetery
- Horn Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Horn Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill Cemetery
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Forest Glade Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
- New Armour Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The New Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Armour Cemetery
- Armour Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Ft. Parker Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Parker Memorial Park
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ft. Parker Memorial Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Lewisville Cemetery
- Union Burial Ground
- Coolidge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Coolidge Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge Cemetery
- Nus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Nus Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nus Cemetery
- Doyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Doyle Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle Cemetery
- Delia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Delia Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Plummers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Plummers Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Cemetery
- Mexia City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Mexia City Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mexia City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mexia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979262 <5>
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Prairie Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill Cemetery
- Lone Star Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery
- Faulkenberry Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Faulkenberry Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkenberry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Faulkenberry Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Groesbeck.
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Lindley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Lindley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley 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 Honest Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Honest Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Frosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Kirk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Coolidge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tehuacana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Groesbeck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mexia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Prairie Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Mart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fallon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Watt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Wortham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thornton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cotton Gin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Battle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Otto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Lost Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Mount Calm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Personville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Hubbard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elk
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
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 Honest Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Limestone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Honest Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coolidge
- Cotton Gin
- Dawson
- Groesbeck
- Mart
- Mart lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Honest Ridge Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mart.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
- Mexia
- Mexia lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Honest Ridge Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mexia.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
- Mount Calm
- Tehuacana
- Thornton
- Wortham
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 Honest Ridge Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Limestone 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 Honest Ridge Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1359491 (Honest Ridge Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1359491 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: Limestone
- Est. Elev: 171 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tehuacana
- Location given for Honest Ridge Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6318344 Lon: -96.6230404
- 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 Limestone, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Honest Ridge 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. |
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