A visit to the Old 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 Old Cemetery ...
The Old Cemetery is located in Houston County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Antioch Cemetery
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Brent Cemetery
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Conner Cemetery
- The Conner Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Dan & Hannah McLean Graves
- English Cemetery
- The English Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Fennell Memory Garden
- The Fennell Memory Garden is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennell Memory Garden
- Glover Cemetery
- The Glover Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Grounds Cemetery
- The Grounds Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- McKinney & Wells Family Cemetery
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- Mexican Prisoners Grave
- Moffit Creath Cemetery
- New Energy Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kennard Cemetery
- Kennard Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4607 <2>
- Old Cemetery
- The Old Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Old Patton Cemetery
- The Old Patton Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Old Zion Cemetery
- The Old Zion Cemetery is located in Houston County
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- Patton Family Graves
- The Patton Family Graves is located in Houston County
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- Vaughn Family Graves
- The Vaughn Family Graves is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn Family Graves
- Walker Cemetery
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Houston County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Belott
- Belott is located in Houston County
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- Bluff City ‑ Historic
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
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- Center Point ‑ Historic
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
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- Centralia
- Crockett
- Fog Town
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
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- Forest
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
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- Grapeland
- Hagerville
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
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- Harrison Town
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
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- Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
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- Kennard
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Latexo
- Mound City
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
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- Pennington
- Ratcliff
- Redtown
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
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- Refuge
- Refuge is located in Houston County
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- Tadmor
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
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- Weches
- Weches is located in Houston County
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- Weeping Mary
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
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- Wells
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 Old Cemetery. The following communities are located in Houston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Old Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Houston 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 Old Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1383297 (Old Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1383297 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: Houston
- Est. Elev: 88 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ratcliff
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Old Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |