A visit to the Slabtown 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 Slabtown Cemetery ...
The Slabtown Cemetery is located in Lamar County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Biardstown Cemetery
- The Biardstown Cemetery is located in Lamar County
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- Brackeen Cemetery
- The Brackeen Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackeen Cemetery
- Brush Creek Cemetery
- The Brush Creek Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek Cemetery
- Camp Shed Cemetery
- The Camp Shed Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Shed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Shed Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northeast of Cooper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2721 <2>
- Clark Ridge Cemetery
- The Clark Ridge Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Ridge Cemetery
- East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery
- The East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Cooper.
- The East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Delta Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1260994 <2>
- Garner Cemetery
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Kensing Cemetery
- The Kensing Cemetery is located in Delta County
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- Lake Creek Cemetery
- The Lake Creek Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northeast of Cooper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317700 <2>
- McDonald Cemetery
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- McGlasson Cemetery
- The McGlasson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
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- Minter Cemetery
- The Minter Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Cemetery
- Neathery Cemetery
- The Neathery Cemetery is located in Lamar County
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- New Dora Cemetery
- The New Dora Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dora Cemetery
- Pierce Cemetery
- Topping Cemetery
- The Topping Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Winfrey Cemetery
- The Winfrey Cemetery is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey Cemetery
- Woodard Cemetery
- The Woodard Cemetery is located in Lamar County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Slabtown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ambia
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
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- Atlas
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
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- Ben Franklin
- Biardstown
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
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- Birthright
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
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- Broadway
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
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- Charleston
- Charleston is located in Delta County
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- Clardy
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
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- Cooper
- Cunningham
- Deport
- Enloe
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Frog Hop ‑ Historic
- Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
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- Gadston
- Gadston is located in Lamar County
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- Glory
- Glory is located in Lamar County
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- Halesboro
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
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- Howland
- Howland is located in Lamar County
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- Lake Creek
- Nelta
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
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- Paris
- Pattonville
- Roxton
- Sulphur Bluff
- Sylvan
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
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- Taylor Town
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
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- Tira
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
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 Slabtown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lamar County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Slabtown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ben Franklin
- Birthright
- Cooper
- Deport
- Enloe
- Paris
- Roxton
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 Slabtown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Lamar 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 Slabtown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1368398 (Slabtown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1368398 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: Lamar
- Est. Elev: 128 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Charleston
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Slabtown Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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