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A visit to the Memorial Park 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 Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memorial Park Cemetery (FG ID #957479)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Park Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   35.2400°   (35° 14' 24")

Lon:   -102.4513°   (-102° 27' 4")

The cemetery is located in Oldham County<3>.

As an estimate, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Vega.

The county seat for Oldham County is located in Vega. Vega lies just to the east northeast of the Memorial Park Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 12 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Memorial Park Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Memorial Park Cemetery.

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

  • Vega
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
    • Vega is located in Oldham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <7>
  • Adrian
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Adrian is located in Oldham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <7>
  • Wildorado
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildorado have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildorado
    • Wildorado is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildorado <7>
  • La Plata ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
  • Bushland
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushland
    • Bushland is located in Potter County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bushland <7>
  • Boise ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
    • Boise is located in Oldham County
  • Dawn
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
    • Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <7>
  • Umbarger
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hereford
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Bishop Hills
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
    • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Soncy
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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 Memorial Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Oldham County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Adrian
    • Adrian lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Memorial Park Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adrian.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Hereford
  • Tascosa - Historic
    • Tascosa lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Memorial Park Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tascosa.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
  • Vega
    • Vega lies less than 2 miles<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Memorial Park Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vega.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
  • Wildorado

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 Memorial Park Cemetery:

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 Park Cemetery:

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Memorial Park Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2400, Longitude: -102.4513    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Oldham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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