A visit to the Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sandy Point Cemetery:
30.3602, -96.7880
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sandy Point Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sandy Point Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
The county seat for Lee County is located in Giddings. Giddings lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sandy Point Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sandy Point Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Sandy Point Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sandy Point Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hranice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hranice Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hranice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hranice Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Old Dime Box.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4391 <5>
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chriesman Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Chriesman Chapel Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chriesman Chapel Cemetery
- The Chriesman Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chriesman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2897 <5>
- High Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beaird Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Beaird Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaird Cemetery
- The Beaird Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beard Cemetery
- Birdsong Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2284 <5>
- Belltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Belltown Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Cemetery
- The Belltown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bell Town Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2328 <5>
- St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Birch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Birch Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Cemetery
- Copperas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Copperas Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperas Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- The Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frenstat Cemetery
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171199 <5>
- Christian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Christian Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Cemetery
- The Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- frenstat-cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257027 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Gloyna Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Gloyna Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyna Cemetery
- Rost Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Rost Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rost Cemetery
- Atkinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Atkinson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson Cemetery
- Porters Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Porters Chapel Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Porters Chapel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of San Antonio Prairie.
- The Porters Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Porters Prairie Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266348 <5>
- White Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The White Union Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Union Cemetery
- High Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sandy Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sandy Point Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dime Box
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Dime Box
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
- Deanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Birch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- San Antonio Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
- Loebau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loebau is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loebau
- Frenstat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Caldwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ledbetter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Giddings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carmine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rehburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rehburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
- Somerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tanglewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Fedor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fedor is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
- Burton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quarry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Quarry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Chriesman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- La Bahia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Bahia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
- Hicks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Gay Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gay Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
- Cooks Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
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 Sandy Point Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sandy Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caldwell
- Giddings
- Lexington
- Somerville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Sandy Point Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Lee 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 Sandy Point Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1346606 (Sandy Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1346606 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: Lee
- Est. Elev: 106 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dime Box
- Location given for Sandy Point Cemetery:
- Lat: 30.3602103 Lon: -96.7880337
- 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 Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Point 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. |
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