A visit to the Smith Cemetery ...
The location of the Smith Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>
Introduction ...
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 Smith Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery
Lat: 32.2565° (32° 15' 23")
Lon: -95.3341° (-95° 20' 2")
The Smith Cemetery is located in Smith County<2>.
The county seat for Smith County is located in Tyler. Tyler lies just to the north northeast of the Smith Cemetery .
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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Smith County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gresham
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Noonday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noonday have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Lee Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Flint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Whitehouse is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <4>
- Teaselville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Bullard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard
- Bullard is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,891 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bullard <4>
- Dogwood City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Chapel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Coffee City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Swan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larissa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Mount Selman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Mixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mixon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Omen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Moore Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Berryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Troup
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
- Lindale is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <4>
- Cuney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuney
- Cuney is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuney <4>
- Sinclair City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinclair City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Reese
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Arp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Brownsboro is located in Henderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsboro <4>
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 Smith Cemetery. The following communities are located in Smith County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arp
- Arp lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Smith Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arp.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Lindale
- Tyler
- Whitehouse
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kendrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midway Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Barron Cemetery is located in Smith County
- The Barron Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barron / Shackleford Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barron Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery (African-American)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery (African-American)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The St. Louis Cemetery is located in Smith County
- The St. Louis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St. Louis Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Cemetery
- Flint Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Flint Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flint Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crow Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Green Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
- Dean Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Galilee Cemetery (African-American)
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sevenleague Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sevenleague Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sevenleague Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sevenleague Cemetery
- Rather Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rather Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rather Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rather Cemetery
- New Hope (Southwest) Cemetery (African-American)
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meador Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Meador Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meador Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West View Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hudson J Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Smith County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tyler.
- The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beth-El Cemetery
- City Cemetery
- Lallar's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5707 <6>
- Ahavath Achim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1347257 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1347257 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: Tyler South
- County: Smith Elev: 146
- Location given for GNIS #1347257 (Smith Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Smith County: www.smith-county.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 Smith, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Smith Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2565, Longitude: -95.3341 In this case, the coordinates for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |