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A visit to the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:

29.6950, -97.1103

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County<2>.

The county seat for Fayette County is located in La Grange. La Grange lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Oak Grove Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Old Flatonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Old Flatonia Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Flatonia Cemetery
  • Slavonic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Slavonic Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slavonic Cemetery
  • Sommers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Sommers Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sommers Cemetery
  • Castleman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Castleman Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleman Cemetery
  • Criswell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Criswell Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criswell Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Criswell Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Flatonia.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3116 <5>
  • Pine Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Pine Springs Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Cochran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Cochran Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
  • Burkett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Burkett Cemetery is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett Cemetery
  • Baursville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Baursville Cemetery is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baursville Cemetery
  • Mulberry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
  • Pin Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Pin Oak Cemetery is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Cemetery
    • The Pin Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Black Jack Springs Cemetery
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    • Andrews Chapel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      • The Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Andrew Chapel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2273768 <5>
    • Old Moulton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Old Moulton Cemetery is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Moulton Cemetery
    • Fitzgerald Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Fitzgerald Cemetery is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Slavonic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Slavonic Cemetery is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slavonic Cemetery
    • Henson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pitman Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Pitman Cemetery is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitman Cemetery
      • The Pitman Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Muldoon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6031 <5>
    • Cistern Public Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Cistern Public Cemetery is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern Public Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cistern Public Cemetery is located in Cistern.
      • The Cistern Public Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cistern Cemetery
      • Nassau Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1356394 <5>
    • St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waelder City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Moravia Ascension Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Moravia Ascension Cemetery is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia Ascension Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moravia Ascension Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Moulton.
      • The Moravia Ascension Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176975 <5>
    • Old High Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Old High Hill Cemetery is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old High Hill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old High Hill Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Schulenburg.
      • The Old High Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • High Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5765 <5>

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] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Flatonia
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Praha
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Praha is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
    • Praha has also been known as:
    • Hottentot
  • Engle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
  • Colony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Colony is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Moulton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Muldoon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Komensky
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
  • Freyburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
  • Moravia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Cistern
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cistern is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
    • Former names for Cistern:
    • Cockrell's Hill
    • Milton
    • Whiteside's Prairie
  • Waelder
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Schulenburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Breslau
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Gleckler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Stellar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Stellar is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
    • Jeddo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Kovar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kovar is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
    • Hostyn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hostyn is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Wied
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Oakland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • West Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Fayette 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1342961  (Oak Grove Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1342961 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: Fayette
      • Est. Elev: 132 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Flatonia
      • Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.6949545     Lon: -97.110264
      • 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 Fayette, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Grove 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.