A visit to the Jacob 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 Jacob Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Jacob Cemetery:
32.4426, -95.5761
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Jacob Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Jacob Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County<2>.
The county seat for Van Zandt County is located in Canton. Canton lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Jacob Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Jacob Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Jacob Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Jacob Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Galena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Galena Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Cemetery
- Dover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Dover Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- Edom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Marvin Chapel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marvin Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Van.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5057 <5>
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- New Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Sylvan Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
- Hubbard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hubbard Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Cemetery
- Bunkley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bunkley Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkley Cemetery
- Oakes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- Prairie Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Prairie Springs Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prairie Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6161 <5>
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- Asberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Asberry Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asberry Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Brownsboro Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Old Norwegian Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Norwegian Cemetery
- Wood / Verner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Bowman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- The Bowman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Village Creek Cemetery
- Jamestown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Rock Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Old Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rock Hill Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Lindale City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Lindale City Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale City Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Jacob Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Jacob Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Carroll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Edom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Van
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Garden Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Hideaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Ben Wheeler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Brownsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chandler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Murchison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leagueville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Mineola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moore Station
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Noonday
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Saline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tundra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Red Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Gresham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Golden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dogwood City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
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 Jacob 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 Jacob Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canton
- Grand Saline
- Lindale
- Mineola
- Tyler
- Van
- Van lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Jacob Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Van.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
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 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 Jacob 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 Jacob Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1360123 (Jacob Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1360123 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: 134 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Carroll
- Location given for Jacob Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.4426428 Lon: -95.5760713
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jacob 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. |