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A visit to the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn 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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery (FG ID #2176922)

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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   26.1285°   (26° 7' 42")

Lon:   -97.9056°   (-97° 54' 20")

The cemetery is located in Hidalgo County<2>.

As an estimate, the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Mercedes.

Adjacent to the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery and just to the south is the Ebony Grove Cemetery.

The county seat for Hidalgo County is located in Edinburg. Edinburg lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery.

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

  • Mercedes
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Progreso
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progreso have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progreso
    • Progreso is located in Hidalgo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Progreso <6>
  • Relampago
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Relampago have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relampago
    • Relampago is located in Hidalgo County
  • Bixby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Llano Grande
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Llano Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano Grande
    • Llano Grande is located in Hidalgo County
  • Rio Rico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Longoria Townsite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longoria Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longoria Townsite
    • Longoria Townsite is located in Cameron County
    • Longoria Townsite has also been known as:
    • Longoria Townsite Colonia
  • Santa Maria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria
    • Santa Maria is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Maria <6>
  • North La Feria Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North La Feria Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Feria Village
    • North La Feria Village is located in Cameron County
    • North La Feria Village has also been known as:
    • North La Feria Village Colonia
  • Solis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis
    • Solis is located in Cameron County
    • Solis has also been known as:
    • Solis Colonia
  • Heidelberg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heidelberg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
    • Heidelberg is located in Hidalgo County
  • Progreso Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progreso Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progreso Lakes
    • Progreso Lakes is located in Hidalgo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Arroyo Alto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arroyo Alto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Alto
      • Arroyo Alto is located in Cameron County
    • La Feria
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • La Feria North
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Weslaco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Villa Verde
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Verde
      • Villa Verde is located in Hidalgo County
      • Villa Verde has also been known as:
      • Villa Verde Colonia
    • Bluetown - Iglesia Antigua
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsong Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsong Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Village
      • Windsong Village is located in Cameron County
      • Windsong Village has also been known as:
      • Windsong Village Colonia
    • Ratamosa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratamosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratamosa
      • Ratamosa is located in Cameron County
      • Ratamosa has also been known as:
      • Ratamosa Colonia
    • Mila Doce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mila Doce have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mila Doce
      • Mila Doce is located in Hidalgo County
    • Midway South
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Midway Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
      • Midway Village is located in Hidalgo County
      • Midway Village has also been known as:
      • Midway Village Colonia

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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hidalgo County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • La Feria
    • La Feria lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for La Feria.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Feria
  • Mercedes
    • Mercedes lies less than 2 miles<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mercedes.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercedes
  • Weslaco
    • Weslaco lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Weslaco.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weslaco

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 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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn 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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery:

The official website for Hidalgo County: www.co.hidalgo.tx.us/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hidalgo, 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' 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 Mercedes Memorial Restlawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1285, Longitude: -97.9056    
<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>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.
<6>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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