A visit to the Orchard 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 Orchard Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Orchard Cemetery (FG ID #5834).
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 Orchard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Orchard Cemetery:
29.6062, -95.9827
The Orchard Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County<2>.
The county seat for Fort Bend County is located in Richmond. Richmond lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east of the Orchard Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Orchard Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Orchard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Orchard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Krasna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Krasna Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krasna Cemetery
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- San Gabriel Cemetery Annex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Simonton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wallis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wallis Cemetery is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallis Cemetery
- Hill Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Prayer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pool Hill Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Czech National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- San Francisco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Goss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Goss Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss Cemetery
- Allens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hartville Cemetery is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville Cemetery
- Middle Bernard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Powell Point Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Point Cemetery
- El Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friedens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Friedens Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Cemetery
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Cottonwood Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
- McNabb Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The McNabb Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNabb Cemetery
- Lightfoot Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Lightfoot Cemetery is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot Cemetery
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 Orchard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Orchard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Orchard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Simonton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Weston Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
- East Bernard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulshear
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nottawa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brazos Country
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brazos Country is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Kendleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rosenberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cumings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
- Frydek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleak is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lissie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- San Felipe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hungerford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pecan Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pattison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pin Oak Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Katy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Katy is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <5>
- Sealy
(15 miles [24.1 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 Orchard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fort Bend County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Orchard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookshire
- Richmond
- Rosenberg
- Sealy
- Wallis
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 Orchard Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Fort Bend 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 Orchard Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #5834
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1343308 (Orchard Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1343308 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: Fort Bend
- Est. Elev: 38 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Orchard
- Location given for Orchard Cemetery:
- Lat: 29.6060713 Lon: -95.9827338
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Fort Bend, 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- Orchard 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. |