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Introduction ...

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 Old Waverly Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   30.5338°   (30° 32' 1")

Lon:   -95.3637°   (-95° 21' 49")

The Old Waverly Cemetery is located in Walker County<1>.

The county seat for Walker County is located in Huntsville. Huntsville lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Old Waverly Cemetery .

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 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 Waverly Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Walker County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Old Waverly Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Old Waverly Cemetery.

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

    • Elmina
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
      • Elmina is located in Walker County
    • Evergreen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
    • New Waverly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Waverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
      • New Waverly is located in Walker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Waverly <4>
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Danville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Danville is located in Montgomery County
    • Willis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
      • Willis is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willis <4>
    • Magnolia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
      • Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
    • Laurel Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
      • Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
    • Panorama Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
      • Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
    • Cut and Shoot
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Coldspring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coldspring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldspring
      • Coldspring is located in San Jacinto County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldspring <4>
    • Oakhurst
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakhurst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
      • Oakhurst is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakhurst <4>
    • Dodge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
      • Dodge is located in Walker County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodge <4>
    • Continue List   (5 more) ...
      • Conroe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conroe
        • Conroe is located in Montgomery County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,214 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conroe <4>
      • Point Blank
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Huntsville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Grangerland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • North Cleveland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
        • North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people

    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 Waverly Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Walker County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Old Waverly Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Jasper Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jasper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jasper Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jasper Cemetery
    • Hargrove Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hargrove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hargrove Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hargrove Cemetery
    • Williams Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Scott Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Scott Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
    • Lewis Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lewis Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
    • Boswell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boswell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boswell Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boswell Cemetery
    • Gourd Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gourd Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gourd Creek Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gourd Creek Cemetery
    • Hardy Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hardy Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardy Cemetery
    • Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Hill Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Elmina Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Elmina Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Joseph Elmina Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Elmina Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Mitchell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Youngblood Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Youngblood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Youngblood Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Youngblood Cemetery
      • Blackjack Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackjack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Blackjack Cemetery is located in Walker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Cemetery
      • Shepard Hill Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • The Shepard Hill Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
        • The Shepard Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Danville Shepard Hill Cemetery
        • Old Danville Cemetery
        • Old Danville Family Cemetery
        • Shepard Cemetery
        • Shephard Hill Cemetery
        • Sheperd Hill Cemetery
        • Shepperd Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shepard Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6876 <7>
      • Hickory Grove Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
      • Spring Hill Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
      • Laurel Hill Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Hill Cemetery
      • Jenkins Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Jenkins Cemetery is located in San Jacinto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
      • Wood Family Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wood Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • The Wood Family Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood Family Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437325 <7>

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

    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 Waverly Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1382434  (Old Waverly Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1382434 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Maynard
      • County: Walker         Elev: 123
      • Location given for GNIS #1382434 (Old Waverly Cemetery)

    The official website for Walker County: www.co.walker.tx.us/

    The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Waverly Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5338, Longitude: -95.3637    
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.




 

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