A visit to the Rock Hill Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Rock Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Hill Cemetery:
33.0829, -95.1516
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies just to the north northwest of the Rock Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Rock Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Brantley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Brantley Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley Cemetery
- Fuquay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fuquay Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuquay Cemetery
- Glade Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Glade Springs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Springs Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Snodgrass Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snodgrass Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Gray Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Gray Rock Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock Cemetery
- The Gray Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grayrock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3912 <5>
- Clearwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Clearwater Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Barrett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Barrett Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Purley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6062 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Forrest Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Forrest Lawn Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest Lawn Cemetery
- Tranquil Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Tranquil Cemetery is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquil Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Hepsibah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willard Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rock Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Miller's Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Winfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Purley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Scroggins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Winnsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pittsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pickton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Weaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Stout
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Simpsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Black Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
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 Rock Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cookville
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- Pittsburg
- Winfield
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 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 Rock Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Rock Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1345380 (Rock Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1345380 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 136 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Hope
- Location given for Rock Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0828976 Lon: -95.1516072
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Franklin, 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 from Point A (ie- Rock Hill 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |