A visit to the Morince 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 Morince Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morince Cemetery:
32.7510, -95.8830
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morince Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morince Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County<2>.
The county seat for Van Zandt County is located in Canton. Canton lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south of the Morince Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morince Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Morince Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morince Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ellis Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ellis Chapel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Chapel Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Barrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Barrett Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Cemetery
- Tooms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Tooms Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tooms Cemetery
- Trumble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Trumble Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumble Cemetery
- Woodall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Woodall Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall Cemetery
- Bright Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bright Star Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Rocky Point Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Cemetery
- White Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The White Rose Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the White Rose Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wills Point.
- The White Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wills Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7606 <5>
- Clewis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Clewis Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clewis Cemetery
- Bishop Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bishop Family Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bishop Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Emory.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381249 <5>
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- Smyrna Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woosley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Woosley Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Cemetery
- Shook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Shook Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook Cemetery
- Union Grovel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Union Grovel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grovel Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Rocky Point Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Cemetery
- Howell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Howell Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Howell Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Wills Point.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4389 <5>
- Bratcher Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bratcher Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratcher Cemetery
- Rodgers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Rodgers Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morince Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morince Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Edgewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fruitvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Wills Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Emory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawakoni
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Grand Saline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Tawakoni
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Alba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hawk Cove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Ables Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Gunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gunter is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
- Elmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- College Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Golden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bonanza
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boles Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Quinlan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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 Morince Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Van Zandt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morince Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canton
- Elmo
- Emory
- Grand Saline
- Myrtle Springs
- Quinlan
- Wills Point
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Morince Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Van Zandt 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 Morince Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1375004 (Morince Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1375004 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: Van Zandt
- Est. Elev: 150 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Iron Bridge Dam
- Location given for Morince Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.7509599 Lon: -95.8830213
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Van Zandt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morince 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> | 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. |
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