A visit to the City Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The City Cemetery (FG ID #1186555)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the City Cemetery
Lat: 27.5285° (27° 31' 42")
Lon: -99.4789° (-99° 28' 44")
The cemetery is located in Webb County<2>.
As an estimate, the City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
The county seat for Webb County is located in Laredo. Laredo lies just to the southwest of the City Cemetery .
Name Variations for City Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laredo City Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Webb County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Zapata County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The City Cemetery (FG ID #1186555)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Webb County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Texas
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Texas
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Webb
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the City Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Laredo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Laredo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <4>
- Larga Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larga Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larga Vista
- Larga Vista is located in Webb County
- Larga Vista has also been known as:
- Larga Vista Colonia
- Laredo Ranchettes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laredo Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
- Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
- La Presa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Rio Bravo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo
- Rio Bravo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,608 people
- Rio Bravo has also been known as:
- Rio Bravo Colonia
- Ranchos Penitas West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchos Penitas West have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos Penitas West
- Ranchos Penitas West is located in Webb County
- Ranchos Penitas West has also been known as:
- Ranchos Penitas West Colonia
- El Cenizo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Pescadito ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Islitas ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Botines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Regency Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Village
- Regency Village is located in Webb County
- Regency Village has also been known as:
- Regency Village Colonia
- Ranchitos Las Lomas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchitos Las Lomas have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchitos Las Lomas
- Ranchitos Las Lomas is located in Webb County
- Santo Tomas ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santo Tomas have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Tomas
- Santo Tomas is located in Webb County
- Laredo
- Laredo lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Laredo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Tordillo Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tordillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tordillo Cemetery is located in Webb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tordillo Cemetery
- Dolores Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dolores Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- The Dolores Cemetery is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518185 <1>
- Dolores Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- The Dolores Cemetery is located in Webb County
- The Dolores Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dolores Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3263 <1>
- Darwin Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Darwin Cemetery is located in Webb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
- Cactus Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cactus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Cactus Cemetery is located in Webb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cactus Cemetery
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1186555
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 13 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
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 City Cemetery. The following communities are located in Webb County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the City Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 City Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Webb, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.5285, Longitude: -99.4789 |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |