A visit to the Shannon 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 Shannon Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shannon Cemetery (FG ID #1549652)
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 Shannon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shannon Cemetery
Lat: 33.6846° (33° 41' 4")
Lon: -96.5500° (-96° 32' 59")
The cemetery is located in Grayson County<3>.
As an estimate, the Shannon Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Denison.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Sherman. Sherman lies just to the southwest of the Shannon Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Shannon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shannon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ellsworth Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Cedarlawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hendrix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Taylor Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dripping Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Loftin - McLain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Ore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Odell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Bigbee Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coffman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vaden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Isom Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Camp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Shannon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shannon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Twin City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Frontier Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Knollwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knollwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
- Sherman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tribune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tribune. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
- Tribune is located in Grayson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tribune
- From the Shannon Cemetery to Tribune
- Luella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red River City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red River City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Pottsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bells
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hendrix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrix have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Hendrix is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hendrix <7>
- Tom Bean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cartwright
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kentucky Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Savoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kemp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Gage is located in Grayson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gage
- From the Shannon Cemetery to Gage
- Southmayd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Achille
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Whitewright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Shannon 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 Shannon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Achille
- Colbert
- Denison
- Howe
- Howe lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Shannon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Howe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Pottsboro
- Savoy
- Savoy lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Shannon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Savoy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Sherman
- Tom Bean
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 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 Shannon 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 ...
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 Shannon Cemetery:
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> | 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 Shannon Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6846, Longitude: -96.5500 |
<3> | 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. |
<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> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |