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A visit to the Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Port Lavaca Cemetery (FG ID #449851)

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 Port Lavaca Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   28.6077°   (28° 36' 27")

Lon:   -96.6246°   (-96° 37' 28")

The Port Lavaca Cemetery is located in Calhoun County<2>.

The county seat for Calhoun County is located in Port Lavaca. Port Lavaca lies just to the north northwest of the Port Lavaca Cemetery .

Name Variations for Port Lavaca 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.

Port Lavaca Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Lynnworth 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of the Port Lavaca Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Port Lavaca Cemetery.

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

  • Port Lavaca
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Point Comfort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
    • Point Comfort is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Comfort <7>
  • Kamey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kamey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
    • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kamey
    • From the Port Lavaca Cemetery to Kamey
  • Indianola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianola have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
  • Long Mott
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • La Salle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Salle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
    • La Salle is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Salle <7>
  • Port Alto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Weedhaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Placedo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placedo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placedo
    • Placedo is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placedo <7>
  • Seadrift
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seadrift have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seadrift
    • Seadrift is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,500 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seadrift <7>
  • Vanderbilt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vanderbilt have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
    • Vanderbilt is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vanderbilt <7>
  • Lolita
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lolita have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lolita
    • Lolita is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lolita <7>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Bloomington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <7>
    • Port O'Connor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port O'Connor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port O'Connor
      • Port O'Connor is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port O'Connor <7>
    • Dacosta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tivoli
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • La Ward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Ward
      • La Ward is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Ward <7>
    • Austwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Austwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austwell
      • Austwell is located in Refugio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austwell <7>

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 Port Lavaca Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Calhoun County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2573571  (Port Lavaca Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2573571 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: Port Lavaca West
    • County: Calhoun         Elev: 4
    • Location given for GNIS #2573571 (Port Lavaca Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #449851

The official website for Calhoun County: www.tisd.net/~calhoun/

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 Calhoun, 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 Port Lavaca Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6077, Longitude: -96.6246    
<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>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.
<7>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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