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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:

29.6119, -95.7691

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 south 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.

  • Morton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Morton Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Cemetery
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • San Grabiel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The San Grabiel Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Grabiel Cemetery
  • Briscoe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Briscoe Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe Cemetery
  • Lightfoot Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Lightfoot Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot Cemetery
  • McNabb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The McNabb Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNabb Cemetery
  • Wow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Wow Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wow Cemetery
  • Jones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
  • West Gethsemane Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Home Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The New Home Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
  • Goss Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Goss Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Sandberry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sandberry Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandberry Cemetery
    • Cottonwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
    • Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Baker Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Little Prayer Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Little Prayer Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prayer Cemetery
    • Pool Hill Mason Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Friedens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Friedens Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery
    • Concord Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • The Concord Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
    • Alief Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 33 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:

  • Cumings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
  • Richmond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pecan Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Harlem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Rosenberg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greatwood Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
  • New Territory
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
  • Greatwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
  • West Oaks Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
  • Sugar Land
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Clodine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cinco Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Pleak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pleak is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
    • Booth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • First Colony
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
    • Town West
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Mission Bend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Fulshear
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pin Oak Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Catalina Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Catalina Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
    • Beasley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Thompsons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadows Place
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Place
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,813 people
    • Weston Lakes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
    • Katy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <6>
    • Stafford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Alief
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashford Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashford Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
    • Westpark Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westpark Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
    • Barker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Westlake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Westlake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Orchard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 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 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 #1338837  (Jones Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1338837 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: 27 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Richmond
      • Location given for Jones Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.6119024     Lon: -95.7691166
      • 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 things 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.