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A visit to the Roscoe 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 Roscoe Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Roscoe Cemetery (FG ID #6455)

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 Roscoe Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.4585°   (32° 27' 30")

Lon:   -100.5248°   (-100° 31' 29")

The cemetery is located in Nolan County<2>.

As an estimate, the Roscoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Roscoe.

The county seat for Nolan County is located in Sweetwater. Sweetwater lies just to the east of the Roscoe Cemetery .

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 Roscoe Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Roscoe Cemetery.

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

  • Roscoe
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Avenger Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avenger Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
    • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
  • Sweetwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Nolan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <6>
  • Wastella ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wastella have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wastella
    • Wastella is located in Nolan County
  • Claytonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Loraine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loraine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loraine
    • Loraine is located in Mitchell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loraine <6>
  • Capitola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Maryneal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryneal have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryneal
    • Maryneal is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryneal <6>
  • Hermleigh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Colorado City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colorado City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
    • Colorado City is located in Mitchell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,875 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colorado City <6>
  • Buford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Nolan
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
    • Nolan is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <6>
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Roby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roby have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
      • Roby is located in Fisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roby <6>
    • Dunn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
      • Dunn is located in Scurry County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunn <6>
    • Hobbs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hobbs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
      • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hobbs
      • From the Roscoe Cemetery to Hobbs
    • Trent
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sylvester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvester have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester
      • Sylvester is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvester <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 Roscoe Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nolan County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Roscoe 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 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 Roscoe 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 Roscoe Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1345551  (Roscoe Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1345551 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: Roscoe
    • County: Nolan         Elev: 728
    • Location given for GNIS #1345551 (Roscoe Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #6455

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 Nolan, 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 obstructions 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 Roscoe Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4585, Longitude: -100.5248    
<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.
<7>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.




 

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