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A visit to the Shafter Lake 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 Shafter Lake Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shafter Lake Cemetery (FG ID #6858)

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 Shafter Lake Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.3813°   (32° 22' 52")

Lon:   -102.6612°   (-102° 39' 40")

The Shafter Lake Cemetery is located in Andrews County<2>.

The county seat for Andrews County is located in Andrews. Andrews lies just to the east southeast of the Shafter Lake Cemetery .

Establishment of the Shafter Lake Cemetery ...

The Shafter Lake Cemetery was established in 1900.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 6 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the Shafter Lake Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Shafter Lake Cemetery.

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

  • Shafter Lake ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shafter Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter Lake
    • Shafter Lake is located in Andrews County
  • Andrews
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Florey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Frankel City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankel City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankel City
    • Frankel City is located in Andrews County
  • Coyote Corner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Seminole
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Goldsmith
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
    • Goldsmith is located in Ector County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <6>
  • Jones City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
    • Jones City is located in Lea County (NM)
  • Scharbauer City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
    • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
  • Maypens
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Gardendale
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eunice
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Shafter Lake Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Andrews County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shafter Lake Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Shafter Lake 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 Shafter Lake Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1346956  (Shafter Lake Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1346956 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: Shafter Lake
    • County: Andrews         Elev: 950
    • Location given for GNIS #1346956 (Shafter Lake Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #6858

The official website for Andrews County: www.co.andrews.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 Andrews, 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 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 Shafter Lake Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3813, Longitude: -102.6612    
<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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