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A visit to the Memorial Oaks 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 Memorial Oaks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Oaks Cemetery (FG ID #5192).

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 Memorial Oaks Cemetery ...

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

29.7821, -95.6150

The Memorial Oaks Cemetery is located in Harris County<2>.

The county seat for Harris County is located in Houston. Houston lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of the Memorial Oaks Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Memorial Oaks Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Memorial Oaks Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memorial Oaks Cemetery.

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

  • Parkway Villages
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
  • Addicks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Westpark Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Westpark Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
  • Ashford Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ashford Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
  • Bear Creek Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Buckner Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pine Forest Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
  • Barker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Catalina Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Catalina Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
  • Alief
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brays Village East
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brays Village East is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
  • Bunker Hill Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bunker Hill Village is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,901 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Hedwig Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Hedwig Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwig Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,600 people
    • Concord Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Deerfield Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
    • Westlake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Westlake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Clodine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mission Bend
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Piney Point Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • City of Spring Valley Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spring Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Spring Valley is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • West Oaks Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Southdown Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Southdown Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown Village
    • Somerall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Somerall is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerall
    • Copperfield Southcreek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunters Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
    • Hilshire Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hilshire Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilshire Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
    • Jersey Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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 visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Memorial Oaks Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Harris 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 Memorial Oaks Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #5192

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1374877  (Memorial Oaks Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1374877 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: Harris
      • Est. Elev: 24 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Hedwig Village
      • Location given for Memorial Oaks Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.7821729     Lon: -95.6152228
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Harris, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Memorial Oaks 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.