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A visit to the Memorial Park ...

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 Memorial Park ...

The Memorial Park is located in Oldham County<1>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • Arnot Cemetery
    • The Arnot Cemetery is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot Cemetery
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    • The Boot Hill Cemetery is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boot Hill Cemetery
  • Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Cemetery
  • Muncy Cemetery
    • The Muncy Cemetery is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy Cemetery
  • Old La Plata Grave
    • The Old La Plata Grave is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old La Plata Grave
  • Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Lawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hereford.
    • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Rest Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6324 <2>
  • St. Anthony's Cemetery
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    • The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
  • Tascosa Cemetery
    • The Tascosa Cemetery is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa Cemetery
  • Townsend Cemetery
    • The Townsend Cemetery is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Cemetery
  • West Park Cemetery
    • The West Park Cemetery is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park Cemetery
    • The West Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hereford Cemetery
    • Westpark Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7557 <2>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 13 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Adrian
  • Bishop Hills
    • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Boise ‑ Historic
    • Boise is located in Oldham County
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  • Boys' Ranch
    • Boys' Ranch is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys' Ranch
  • Bushland
  • Dawn
  • Hereford
  • La Plata ‑ Historic
    • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • Soncy
  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
  • Umbarger
  • Vega
  • Wildorado

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. 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.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Oldham 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 Park:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1362602  (Memorial Park)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1362602 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: Oldham
      • Est. Elev: 1228 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Vega South

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <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- Memorial Park) 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.