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A visit to the Lawrence Key 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 Lawrence Key Cemetery ...

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

30.1741, -96.0419

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

The Lawrence Key Cemetery is located in Waller County<2>.

The county seat for Waller County is located in Hempstead. Hempstead lies just to the south southwest of the Lawrence Key Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Lawrence Key Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Lawrence Key Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Center Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cedar Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Cedar Creek Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Cemetery
  • Old Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Salem Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Hempstead.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6658 <5>
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Salem Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
  • Rock Island Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Rock Island Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island Cemetery
  • Kirby Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Kirby Chapel Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Chapel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kirby Chapel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Prairie View.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4649 <5>
  • Rosenau Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Rosenau Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenau Cemetery
  • Brenham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Brenham Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham Cemetery
  • West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The West Cemetery is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebrew Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Hempstead.
    • The Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hempstead Hebrew Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1029819 <5>
  • Hempstead Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Hempstead Cemetery is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempstead Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hempstead Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Hempstead.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #482530 <5>
  • Evans Prairie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Evans Prairie Cemetery is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Prairie Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Franklin Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
    • Childre Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Childre Cemetery is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childre Cemetery
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • Tennyson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Tennyson Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson Cemetery
    • Apperson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Apperson Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apperson Cemetery
    • Carlisle Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Cemetery
    • Staehle Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
    • Waller Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Waller Cemetery is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller Cemetery
    • Yarboro Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Yarboro Cemetery is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarboro Cemetery
    • Sommerford Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Sommerford Cemetery is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sommerford Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sommerford Cemetery is located
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7003 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lawrence Key Cemetery.

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

  • Hempstead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fields Store
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fields Store is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
  • Saint Paul
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
  • Prairie View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Island is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
  • Graball ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Graball is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
  • Waller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Whitman is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Buckhorn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Stoneham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
  • Chappell Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Todd Mission
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Navasota
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Hockley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Plantersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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 Lawrence Key Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Waller County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lawrence Key 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 professional and volunteer 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 Lawrence Key Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Waller 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 Lawrence Key Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1339742  (Lawrence Key Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1339742 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: Waller
      • Est. Elev: 86 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Howth
      • Location given for Lawrence Key Cemetery:
      • Lat: 30.1741036     Lon: -96.0419017
      • 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 Waller, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawrence Key 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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