A visit to the Olive Branch Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Olive Branch Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Olive Branch Cemetery (FG ID #1909930).
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 Olive Branch Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Olive Branch Cemetery:
31.9628, -95.5977
The Olive Branch Cemetery is located in Anderson County<2>.
The county seat for Anderson County is located in Palestine. Palestine lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south of the Olive Branch Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Olive Branch Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Olive Branch Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Olive Branch Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Zion of Bushy Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion of Bushy Creek Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion of Bushy Creek Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion of Bushy Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5445 <1>
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Allen Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hardshell Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Midway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gaines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Lawrence Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dabbs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bacon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Foster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Lumpkin Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Cemetery
- Todd Pond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Todd Pond Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Pond Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Frankston City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Olive Branch Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Olive Branch Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brushy Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elmwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fosterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elmtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todd City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neches
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frankston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poynor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montalba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bois d'Arc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wells Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- LaRue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reese
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coffee City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Deanwright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dogwood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Moore Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 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 Olive Branch Cemetery. The following communities are located in Anderson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Olive Branch 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 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 Olive Branch Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Anderson 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 Olive Branch Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1909930
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Anderson, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Olive Branch 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |