A visit to the Levelland Municipal 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 Levelland Municipal Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Levelland Municipal Cemetery (FG ID #1004482).
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 Levelland Municipal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Levelland Municipal Cemetery:
33.5770, -102.3798
The Levelland Municipal Cemetery is located in Hockley County<2>.
The county seat for Hockley County is located in Levelland. Levelland lies just to the northeast of the Levelland Municipal Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Levelland Municipal Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 19 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Levelland Municipal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Levelland Municipal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Whitharral Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Whitharral Cemetery is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitharral Cemetery
- Whiteface Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ropesville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ropesville Cemetery is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropesville Cemetery
- Meadow Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadow Cemetery is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Cemetery
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Phillips Cemetery is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Phillips Cemetery
- Anton Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Morton Memorial Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Littlefield Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- The Littlefield Cemetery is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield Cemetery
- Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- The Old Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
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- County Memorial Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Mt. Zion Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- The New Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Gomez Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- The Gomez Cemetery is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Cemetery
- Old County Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- The Old County Cemetery is located in Terry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old County Cemetery
- Bula Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- The Amherst Cemetery is located in Lamb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Cemetery
- Enochs Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Levelland Municipal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Levelland Municipal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Levelland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Opdyke West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Sundown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitharral
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lockettville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whiteface
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ropesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pep
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Reese Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
- Roundup
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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- Anton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfforth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shallowater
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Littlefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
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 Levelland Municipal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hockley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Levelland Municipal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anton
- Anton lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Levelland Municipal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Anton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
- Brownfield
- Levelland
- Littlefield
- Lubbock
- Meadow
- Meadow lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Levelland Municipal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Meadow.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Shallowater
- Wolfforth
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 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 Levelland Municipal Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Hockley 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 Levelland Municipal Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1004482
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 Hockley, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Levelland Municipal 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |