A visit to the Luce 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 Luce Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Luce Cemetery:
31.3877, -95.0391
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Luce Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Luce Cemetery is located in Houston County<2>.
The county seat for Houston County is located in Crockett. Crockett lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the west of the Luce Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Luce Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Luce Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Luce Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Durham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Enon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Enon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Shooks Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Shooks Bluff Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Bluff Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Sandlot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sandlot Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlot Cemetery
- Mexican Prisoners Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- McKinney & Wells Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Conner Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Vaughn Family Graves
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Vaughn Family Graves is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn Family Graves
- Helton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Cemetery
- Burke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Burke Cemetery is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke Cemetery
- Brent Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Cemetery
- Ivie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Ivie Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivie Cemetery
- The Ivie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ivy Cemetery
- Rowan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Rowan Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan Cemetery
- Rowan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Rowan Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Luce Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Luce Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hagerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Ratcliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fog Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Redtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Kennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centralia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tadmor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Wells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Pollok
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Apple Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Durant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Granville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Helmic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Peavy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Providence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Clawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Weches
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Belott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
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 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 Luce Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Houston 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 Luce Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1377367 (Luce Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1377367 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 90 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kennard NE
- Location given for Luce Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3876812 Lon: -95.0391026
- 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 Houston, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Luce 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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