A visit to the Oak Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Hill Cemetery:
32.6976, -95.8911
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County<2>.
The county seat for Van Zandt County is located in Canton. Canton lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of the Oak Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Oak Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ellis Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ellis Chapel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Chapel Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Barrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Barrett Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Cemetery
- Morince Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Morince Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morince Cemetery
- Woodall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodall Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- White Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Tooms Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Tooms Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tooms Cemetery
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Rocky Point Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Cemetery
- Bright Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Bright Star Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bratcher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bratcher Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bratcher Cemetery
- Trumble Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Trumble Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumble Cemetery
- Union Grovel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Grovel Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grovel Cemetery
- Haven of Memories Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- High Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The High Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Starr Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Starr Cemetery is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Starr Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276579 <5>
- 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
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Edgewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fruitvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Myrtle Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Wills Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Flats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grand Saline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Emory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawakoni
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Hooker Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- West Tawakoni
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Ables Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tundra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Alba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hawk Cove
(17 miles [27.4 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
- College Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Abner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Ola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Prairieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Van
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <6>
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Golden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gunter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gunter is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
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 Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canton
- Elmo
- Emory
- Emory lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Emory.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Grand Saline
- Myrtle Springs
- Van
- Van lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Van.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- 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 Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1342988 (Oak Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1342988 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: 140 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Edgewood
- Location given for Oak Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.6976291 Lon: -95.8910772
- 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 'straight-line' (or 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 Hill 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. |