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A visit to the Rochester 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 Rochester Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rochester Cemetery (FG ID #6413).

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 Rochester Cemetery ...

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

33.3333, -99.8752

The Rochester Cemetery is located in Haskell County<2>.

The county seat for Haskell County is located in Haskell. Haskell lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Rochester Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Rochester Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 25 miles [40.2 km] of the Rochester Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Idella Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Idella Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idella Cemetery
  • Knox City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Knox City Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox City Cemetery
  • Pinkerton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Pinkerton Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton Cemetery
  • Rule Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • The Rule Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Cemetery
  • Hooker Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hooker Cemetery is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Cemetery
  • Weinert Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • The Weinert Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert Cemetery
  • Willow Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Willow Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Roberts Cemetery is located in Haskell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
  • Old Glory Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Old Glory Cemetery is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Glory Cemetery
  • Benjamin Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Stonewall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Old Goree Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • The Old Goree Cemetery is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Goree Cemetery
    • Rayner Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brushy Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • The Brushy Cemetery is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Cemetery
    • Shadle Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • The Shadle Cemetery is located in Stonewall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadle Cemetery
    • Howard Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • The Howard Cemetery is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
    • Goree Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • The Goree Cemetery is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goree Cemetery
    • Capron Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • The Capron Cemetery is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron Cemetery
    • Stamford Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • The Stamford Cemetery is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Cemetery
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • The Friendship Cemetery is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 15 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Rochester Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rochester Cemetery, 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 Rochester Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Haskell County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Rochester Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Haskell 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 Rochester Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #6413

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1366627  (Rochester Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1366627 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: Haskell
      • Est. Elev: 488 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Rochester
      • Location given for Rochester Cemetery:
      • Lat: 33.3334298     Lon: -99.8748158
      • 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 Haskell, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rochester 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Flat Top and Old Glory. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
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