A visit to the Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sacred Heart Cemetery (FG ID #268157)
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 Sacred Heart Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
Lat: 29.3622° (29° 21' 43")
Lon: -100.9179° (-100° 55' 4")
The cemetery is located in Val Verde County<2>.
As an estimate, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Del Rio.
Adjacent to the Sacred Heart Cemetery and just to the northwest is the Westlawn Cemetery. To the south is the Saint Joseph's Cemetery.
The county seat for Val Verde County is located in Del Rio. Del Rio lies just to the east northeast of the Sacred Heart Cemetery .
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 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Val Verde County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Kinney County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery (FG ID #268157)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Val Verde County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Texas
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Texas
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Texas
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Sacred Heart Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Del Rio
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
- Del Rio is located in Val Verde County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,722 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Del Rio <4>
- Cienegas Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cienegas Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienegas Terrace
- Cienegas Terrace is located in Val Verde County
- Cienegas Terrace has also been known as:
- Cienegas Terrace Colonia
- Val Verde Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Val Verde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Park
- Val Verde Park is located in Val Verde County
- Val Verde Park has also been known as:
- Val Verde Park Colonia
- Lake View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Johnstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Amistad Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Village
- Amistad Village is located in Val Verde County
- Standart
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Box Canyon - Amistad
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Canyon - Amistad
- Box Canyon - Amistad is located in Val Verde County
- Amistad Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Acres
- Amistad Acres is located in Val Verde County
- Amistad Acres has also been known as:
- Amistad
- Comstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Comstock is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <4>
- Del Rio
- Del Rio lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Del Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
- Old San Felipe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Old San Felipe Cemetery is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old San Felipe Cemetery
- San Felipe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The San Felipe Cemetery is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Felipe Cemetery
- Oaklawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Oaklawn Memorial Park is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
- Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
- Ballantyne Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ballantyne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Ballantyne Cemetery is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballantyne Cemetery
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #268157
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 10 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart Cemetery. The following communities are located in Val Verde County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sacred Heart Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Sacred Heart Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sacred Heart Cemetery, with the nearest first.
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Sacred Heart Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Val Verde, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sacred Heart Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3622, Longitude: -100.9179 |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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. |