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A visit to the Olivewood 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 Olivewood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Olivewood Cemetery (FG ID #2136702)

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 Olivewood Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   29.7742°   (29° 46' 27")

Lon:   -95.3921°   (-95° 23' 31")

The Olivewood Cemetery is located in Harris County<2>.

The county seat for Harris County is located in Houston. Houston lies just to the east southeast of the Olivewood Cemetery .

Name Variations for Olivewood Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Olivewood Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Hollow Wood Cemetery
  • Hollywood Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Olivewood Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Olivewood Cemetery.

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

  • Houston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • West University Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West University Place
    • West University Place is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West University Place <6>
  • Southside Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hilshire Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilshire Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilshire Village
    • Hilshire Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
  • Bellaire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellaire have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
    • Bellaire is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellaire <6>
  • Magnolia Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Candlelight Oaks Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlelight Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight Oaks Village
    • Candlelight Oaks Village is located in Harris County
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Harris County
  • City of Spring Valley Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City of Spring Valley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Spring Valley Village
    • City of Spring Valley Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for City of Spring Valley Village <6>
  • Hunters Creek Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
    • Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Lincoln City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln City
    • Lincoln City is located in Harris County
  • Pinewood Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
    • Pinewood Village is located in Harris County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hedwig Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedwig Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwig Village
      • Hedwig Village is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,600 people
    • Piney Point Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Park Place
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden City Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
      • Garden City Park is located in Harris County
    • Greenwood Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Aldine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bunker Hill Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunker Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Village
      • Bunker Hill Village is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,901 people
    • Glenbrook Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Galena Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Park
      • Galena Park is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,559 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena Park <6>
    • Jacinto City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacinto City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto City
      • Jacinto City is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacinto City <6>
    • Cambridge Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Village
      • Cambridge Village is located in Harris County
    • Canterbury Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canterbury Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
      • Canterbury Village is located in Harris County
    • Pine Village North
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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 Olivewood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Harris County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Houston

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Olivewood Cemetery:

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 Olivewood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1374112  (Hollywood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1374112 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: Houston Heights
    • County: Harris         Elev: 15
    • Location given for GNIS #1374112 (Hollywood Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2136702

The official website for Harris County: www.co.harris.tx.us/

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

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 Harris, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Olivewood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7742, Longitude: -95.3921    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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