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A visit to the Lewis 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 Lewis Cemetery ...

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

32.3418, -95.6830

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

The Lewis Cemetery is located in Henderson County<2>.

The county seat for Henderson County is located in Athens. Athens lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Lewis Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Lewis Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Lewis Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
  • Edom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Echols Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Echols Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols Cemetery
    • The Echols Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Jennings Mtn. Cemetery
  • Brownsboro Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Brownsboro Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownsboro Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Brownsboro.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139028 <5>
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
  • Ray Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Ray Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
  • Wreary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Blackjack Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Blackjack Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Cemetery
  • Old Norwegian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Old Norwegian Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Norwegian Cemetery
  • Rounsavall Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Rounsavall Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rounsavall Cemetery
  • Leagueville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Leagueville Cemetery is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville Cemetery
    • The Leagueville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Leagueville Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #770432 <5>
  • Prairie Springs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Prairie Springs Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Springs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Prairie Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of Canton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6161 <5>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Rock Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Old Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rock Hill Cemetery
    • Cox Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Cox Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacob Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Jacob Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob Cemetery
    • New Harmony Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
    • Shelby Chapel Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Shelby Chapel Cemetery is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Chapel Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shelby Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Athens.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169375 <5>
    • Oakes Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Oakes Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
    • Carter Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Carter Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
    • Chinquapin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Chinquapin Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Cemetery
    • Macedonia Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
    • Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • The Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
    • Galena Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Galena Cemetery is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Cemetery
    • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Marvin Chapel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Chapel Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Marvin Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Van.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5057 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Lewis Cemetery.

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

  • Brownsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edom is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edom <6>
  • Murchison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leagueville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Leagueville is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
  • Ben Wheeler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Moore Station
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Moore Station is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
  • Chandler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Van
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Van is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <6>
  • Athens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Athens is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <6>
  • Carroll
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Carroll is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
  • Tundra
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
  • Pine Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • LaRue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Garden Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Garden Valley is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Hideaway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hideaway is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
    • Coffee City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Coffee City is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Jamestown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Poynor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Dogwood City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Dogwood City is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
    • Noonday
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Noonday is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
    • Canton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <6>
    • Swan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Swan is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
    • Lindale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Eustace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lee Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lee Spring is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
    • Gresham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gresham is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham

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 Lewis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Henderson County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Athens
  • Canton
  • Lindale
  • Van
    • Van lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Lewis Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Van.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lewis Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Henderson 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 Lewis Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1361121  (Lewis Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1361121 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: Henderson
      • Est. Elev: 136 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Murchinson East
      • Location given for Lewis Cemetery:
      • Lat: 32.3418129     Lon: -95.6830179
      • 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 Henderson, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lewis 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.