A visit to the Hughes 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 Hughes Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hughes Cemetery:
33.5043, -94.3749
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hughes Cemetery is located in Bowie County<2>.
The county seat for Bowie County is located in Boston. Boston lies just to the south southwest of the Hughes Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hughes Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Hughes Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hughes Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bayou Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Red Bayou Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bayou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Bayou Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of New Boston.
- The Red Bayou Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Bayou UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1053612 <5>
- New Boston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The New Boston Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston Cemetery
- Runnels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Runnels Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnels Cemetery
- Rea Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rea Hill Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Hill Cemetery
- Collon Plot
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Collon Plot is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collon Plot
- Elliott Plot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Elliott Plot is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Plot
- Wilder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilder Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Till Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Till Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Till Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Shipp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Shipp Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shipp Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Boston.
- The Shipp Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCright Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297203 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- McWright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The McWright Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWright Cemetery
- Barfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Barfield Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Tillar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Tillar Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillar Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- Red Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Red Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hughes Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hughes Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Hooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Redbank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Victory City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Maud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Simms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Foreman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Texarkana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ashdown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ashdown is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <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 Hughes Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bowie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hughes Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashdown
- De Kalb
- Foreman
- Hooks
- New Boston
- Ogden
- Ogden lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Hughes Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ogden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Richmond
- Texarkana
- Wilton
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 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 Hughes Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Bowie 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 Hughes Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1359799 (Hughes Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1359799 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: Bowie
- Est. Elev: 104 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Redbank
- Location given for Hughes Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.5042858 Lon: -94.3749227
- 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 Bowie, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hughes 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. |