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A visit to the Jones 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 Jones Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Jones Cemetery:

29.5455, -95.7386

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Jones Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Jones Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County<2>.

The county seat for Fort Bend County is located in Richmond. Richmond lies just to the north northwest of the Jones Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Jones Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Jones Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Jones Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • San Grabiel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The San Grabiel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Grabiel Cemetery
  • Sandberry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Sandberry Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandberry Cemetery
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Morton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Morton Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
  • Jones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
  • Wow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Wow Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wow Cemetery
  • West Gethsemane Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Byrd Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
    • The Byrd Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosenberg Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257031 <5>
  • Lightfoot Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Lightfoot Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot Cemetery
  • McNabb Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The McNabb Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNabb Cemetery
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
  • New Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The New Home Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Concord Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Concord Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
    • Briscoe Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Briscoe Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe Cemetery
    • Goss Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Goss Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
    • Cesinger Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Cesinger Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cesinger Cemetery
    • Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Friedens Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Friedens Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery
    • Modena Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Modena Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena Cemetery
    • Brown - Beard Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Brown - Beard Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown - Beard Cemetery
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • The New Hope Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Jones Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Jones Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Greatwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
  • Richmond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greatwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
  • Harlem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • New Territory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
  • Cumings
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
  • Rosenberg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pleak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleak is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
  • Booth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pecan Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Thompsons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Land
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • First Colony
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
    • Fairchilds
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Fairchilds is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchilds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
    • Town West
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Beasley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Needville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dewalt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Dewalt is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewalt
    • Fifth Street
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
    • Stafford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadows Place
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Place
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,813 people
    • Mission Bend
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Clodine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • West Oaks Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Trammels
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Trammels is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammels
    • Missouri City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Catalina Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Catalina Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village

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 Jones Cemetery. The following communities are located in Fort Bend County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Jones Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Jones Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Fort Bend 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 Jones Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1338836  (Jones Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1338836 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: Fort Bend
      • Est. Elev: 28 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sugar Land
      • Location given for Jones Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.5455157     Lon: -95.7385605
      • 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 Fort Bend, 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 from Point A (ie- Jones 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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