A visit to the Saint Marys 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 St. Marys Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Marys Cemetery (FG ID #453002)
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 St. Marys Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marys Cemetery
Lat: 33.6141° (33° 36' 50")
Lon: -96.6030° (-96° 36' 10")
The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Sherman. Sherman lies just to the north northwest of the St. Marys Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Austin Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Woodmen Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Akers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vaden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Luella Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chambers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holloway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarlawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Keirsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Offutt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dripping Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Iron Ore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marys Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sherman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tribune
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Luella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knollwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knollwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood
- Knollwood is located in Grayson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Twin City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Dorchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Dorchester is located in Grayson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Howe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frontier Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Whiterock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tom Bean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Gage is located in Grayson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gage
- From the St. Marys Cemetery to Gage
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Southmayd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pottsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Van Alstyne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whitewright
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red River City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red River City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Ethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sadler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 St. Marys Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marys Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Denison
- Howe
- Pottsboro
- Savoy
- Sherman
- Tom Bean
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 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 St. Marys Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Grayson County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the St. Marys Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 St. Marys Cemetery:
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #453002
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grayson County: www.co.grayson.tx.us/
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 Grayson, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Marys Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6141, Longitude: -96.6030 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
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