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A visit to the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Palm Valley Memorial Gardens (FG ID #1989873).

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 Palm Valley Memorial Gardens ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens:

26.2380, -98.1908

The Palm Valley Memorial Gardens is located in Hidalgo County<2>.

The county seat for Hidalgo County is located in Edinburg. Edinburg lies just to the north northeast of the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens .

Open a Google Map centered on the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Palm Valley Memorial Gardens, 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 Palm Valley Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Palm Valley Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first:

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 Palm Valley Memorial Gardens. The following communities are located in Hidalgo County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Palm Valley Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Edinburg
  • McAllen
  • Pharr
    • Pharr lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Palm Valley Memorial Gardens.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pharr.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharr

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Palm Valley Memorial Gardens:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Hidalgo 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 Palm Valley Memorial Gardens:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1989873

    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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palm Valley Memorial Gardens) 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.