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A visit to the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #5844)

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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery

Lat:   26.1558°   (26° 9' 20")

Lon:   -97.9255°   (-97° 55' 31")

The cemetery is located in Hidalgo County<2>.

As an estimate, the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Mercedes.

Adjacent to the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery and just to the northeast is the Mercedes Presbyterian Cemetery.

While not adjacent, to the west is the Mercedes Baptist Cemetery. To the northwest is the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

The county seat for Hidalgo County is located in Edinburg. Edinburg lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northwest of the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery .

Name Variations for Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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.

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Our Lady of Mercy 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 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mercedes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Llano Grande
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Llano Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano Grande
    • Llano Grande is located in Hidalgo County
  • Heidelberg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heidelberg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg
    • Heidelberg is located in Hidalgo County
  • Villa Verde
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Verde
    • Villa Verde is located in Hidalgo County
    • Villa Verde has also been known as:
    • Villa Verde Colonia
  • Progreso
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progreso have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progreso
    • Progreso is located in Hidalgo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Progreso <6>
  • Relampago
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Relampago have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relampago
    • Relampago is located in Hidalgo County
  • Bixby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Indian Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Weslaco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mila Doce
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mila Doce have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mila Doce
    • Mila Doce is located in Hidalgo County
  • North La Feria Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North La Feria Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Feria Village
    • North La Feria Village is located in Cameron County
    • North La Feria Village has also been known as:
    • North La Feria Village Colonia
  • Solis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis
    • Solis is located in Cameron County
    • Solis has also been known as:
    • Solis Colonia
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ratamosa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratamosa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratamosa
      • Ratamosa is located in Cameron County
      • Ratamosa has also been known as:
      • Ratamosa Colonia
    • Midway Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
      • Midway Village is located in Hidalgo County
      • Midway Village has also been known as:
      • Midway Village Colonia
    • Midway South
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Progreso Lakes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progreso Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progreso Lakes
      • Progreso Lakes is located in Hidalgo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Longoria Townsite
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longoria Townsite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longoria Townsite
      • Longoria Townsite is located in Cameron County
      • Longoria Townsite has also been known as:
      • Longoria Townsite Colonia
    • Arroyo Alto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arroyo Alto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Alto
      • Arroyo Alto is located in Cameron County
    • La Feria
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Windsong Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsong Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Village
      • Windsong Village is located in Cameron County
      • Windsong Village has also been known as:
      • Windsong Village Colonia
    • La Feria North
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Olivarez
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olivarez have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivarez
      • Olivarez is located in Hidalgo County
    • Midway North
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rio Rico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Santa Maria
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria
      • Santa Maria is located in Cameron County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Maria <6>

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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hidalgo County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • La Feria
  • Mercedes
    • Mercedes lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mercedes.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercedes
  • Weslaco

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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1343346  (Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1343346 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: Mercedes
    • County: Hidalgo         Elev: 21
    • Location given for GNIS #1343346 (Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #5844

The official website for Hidalgo County: www.co.hidalgo.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 Hidalgo, 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 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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1558, Longitude: -97.9255    
<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.




 

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