A visit to the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...
The Salem Cemetery is located in Cherokee County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bradford Cemetery
- The Bradford Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
- The Green Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Hogg Cemetery
- The Hogg Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogg Cemetery
- Kilgore Cemetery
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
- Lone Dove Cemetery
- The Lone Dove Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Dove Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Meredith Cemetery
- The Meredith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith Cemetery
- Mosley Cemetery
- The Mosley Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Nelson Cemetery
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- New Hope Community Cemetery
- The New Hope Community Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Alto.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198119 <3>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Rusk.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164094 <3>
- Old Prison Cemetery
- The Old Prison Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Parks Cemetery
- The Parks Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Pleasant Holly Cemetery
- Rowe Cemetery
- The Rowe Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Russell Cemetery
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Russell Cemetery
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
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- State Hospital Cemetery
- Weems Cemetery
- The Weems Cemetery is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems Cemetery
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]<2> of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alto
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
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- Cushing
- Dextra
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
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- Dialville
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
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- Douglass
- Forest
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
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- Gallatin
- Herring
- Herring is located in Anderson County
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- Jacksonville
- Jarvis
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
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- Looneyville
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
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- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Maydelle
- Nat
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
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- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
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- New Salem
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
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- New Summerfield
- Ponta
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
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- Reklaw
- Rusk
- Sacul
- Turney
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
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- Weches
- Weches is located in Houston County
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- Weeping Mary
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
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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 Salem Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cherokee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cushing
- Dialville
- Jacksonville
- New Birmingham - Historic
- Rusk
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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Cherokee 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2513169 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2513169 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: Cherokee
- Est. Elev: 162 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rusk
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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- Salem Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |