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A visit to the Moss 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 Moss Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Moss Cemetery (FG ID #2290615)

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 Moss Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   31.9532°   (31° 57' 11")

Lon:   -94.5955°   (-94° 35' 43")

The Moss Cemetery is located in Rusk County<2>.

The county seat for Rusk County is located in Henderson. Henderson lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northwest of the Moss Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Moss Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Hall Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hall Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whitfield Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Miles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Miles Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Bridwell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Phillips Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Greeley CME Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Campground Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campground Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Campground Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Langston - Spence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Edmonson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edmonson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edmonson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edmonson Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Foster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Foster Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Ross Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ross Cemetery is located in Rusk County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Baker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Baker Cemetery is located in Panola County
    • Old Minden Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Minden Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Minden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Minden Cemetery is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5774 <1>
    • Bane Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bane Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bane Cemetery is located in Rusk County
    • Talley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Talley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Talley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Talley Cemetery is located in Rusk County
    • King Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The King Cemetery is located in Rusk County
    • Old Prospect Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Nalls Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nalls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nalls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Nalls Cemetery is located in Rusk County
    • Union Murvaul Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boynton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boynton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boynton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boynton Cemetery is located in Panola County

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 Moss Cemetery.

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

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 Moss Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rusk County.

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

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 Moss 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 Moss 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>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rusk, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Moss Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9532, Longitude: -94.5955    
<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.
<7>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.




 

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