A visit to the Melton 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 Melton Cemetery ...
The Melton Cemetery is located in Hopkins County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Burke - Yandell Cemetery
- Clifton Cemetery
- The Clifton Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Cemetery
- Coffee Cemetery
- The Coffee Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Cemetery
- Deaton Cemetery
- The Deaton Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaton Cemetery
- Elm Cemetery
- The Elm Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Cemetery
- Gamblin Cemetery
- The Gamblin Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamblin Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Ishmeal Cemetery
- The Ishmeal Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishmeal Cemetery
- New Pickton Cemetery
- The New Pickton Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pickton Cemetery
- Proctor Cemetery
- The Proctor Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- The Richland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brinker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #455083 <2>
- Rock Hill Cemetery
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Seymore Cemetery
- The Seymore Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymore Cemetery
- Sharp Cemetery
- The Sharp Cemetery is located in Wood County
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- Shooks Chapel Cemetery
- Slatter Cemetery
- The Slatter Cemetery is located in Rains County
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- Sulphur Springs City Cemetery
- The Sulphur Springs City Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Sulphur Springs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2167092 <2>
- Welch Cemetery
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
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- Yantis Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Melton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alba
- Birthright
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
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- Black Oak
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
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- Bonanza
- Brashear
- Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
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- Coke
- Coke is located in Wood County
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- Como
- Cumby
- Dike
- Divide
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
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- Emory
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Forest Hill
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
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- Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
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- Gunter
- Gunter is located in Wood County
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- Miller Grove
- Palestine
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
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- Peerless
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
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- Pickton
- Point
- Posey
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
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- Ridgeway
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
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- Rockdale
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
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- Sulphur Springs
- Tazewell
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
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- Weaver
- Weaver is located in Hopkins County
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- Yantis
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 Melton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hopkins County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Melton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Birthright
- Cumby
- Emory
- Sulphur Springs
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 Melton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Hopkins 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 Melton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1341356 (Melton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1341356 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: Hopkins
- Est. Elev: 159 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sulphur Springs SE
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hopkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Melton Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |