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A visit to the Old Providence 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 Providence Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Providence Cemetery:

30.8855, -96.7494

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

The Old Providence Cemetery is located in Milam County<2>.

The county seat for Milam County is located in Cameron. Cameron lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Old Providence Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Old Providence 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 Old Providence Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Foster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Foster Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
  • Hilge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hilge Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilge Cemetery
  • Pebble Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Pebble Grove Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Grove Cemetery
  • Milam Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Milam Grove Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam Grove Cemetery
  • Providence Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Providence Cemetery is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
  • String Prairie Methodist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pin Oak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Pin Oak Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Cemetery
  • Long Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Long Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
  • Black Bridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Black Bridge Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bridge Cemetery
  • Fagan's Pasture Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Nance Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Nance Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Cemetery
  • Cross Roads Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Cross Roads Cemetery is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Harlin Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrell Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • The Harrell Cemetery is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell Cemetery
    • Oxsheer - Smith Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coxes Providence Community Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blakely Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Blakely Cemetery is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Cemetery
    • Armstrong Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
    • Red Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Hill Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Calvert and Hearne.  The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Hearne.
      • The Red Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Moody Cemetery
      • St. Luke Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317459 <6>
    • St. Lukes Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
    • Calvert Beauty Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Calvert Beauty Cemetery is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Beauty Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Providence Cemetery.

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

  • Branchville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Branchville is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
  • Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Gause
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Maysfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Calvert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Prairie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
  • Hearne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hearne is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <7>
  • Marlow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Marlow is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Elliot
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Baileyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Baileyville is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
  • Silver City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Silver City is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Milano
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cameron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hammond
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Mumford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Minerva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Minerva is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
    • Wilderville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
    • Burlington
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Old Providence Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Milam County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bremond
    • Bremond lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Old Providence Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bremond.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremond
  • Calvert
    • Calvert lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Old Providence Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Calvert.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
  • Cameron
  • Franklin
  • Gause
    • Gause lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Old Providence Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gause.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gause
  • Hearne
  • Rosebud

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Old Providence Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Milam 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 Providence Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1364463  (Old Providence Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1364463 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: Milam
      • Est. Elev: 104 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Calvert
      • Location given for Old Providence Cemetery:
      • Lat: 30.8854673     Lon: -96.7494212
      • 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 Milam, 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 from Point A (ie- Old Providence 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
    <6>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.
    <7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.