A visit to the Snook 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 Snook Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Snook Cemetery (FG ID #1959871).
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 Snook Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Snook Cemetery:
30.4810, -96.4517
The Snook Cemetery is located in Burleson County<2>.
The county seat for Burleson County is located in Caldwell. Caldwell lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Snook Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Snook Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Snook Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Snook Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Giesenschlag Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brazos Bottom Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Khrone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Khrone Cemetery is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khrone Cemetery
- Woodfork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Botts Ferry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Botts Ferry Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botts Ferry Cemetery
- Newsome Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Newsome Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pillow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons Coummunity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Homes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Goodson Cemetery is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evangelical UCC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schoppe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mexican Cemetery Association
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somerville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Snook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Snook Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Snook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scofield ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scofield is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Lyons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wellborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Quarry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- College Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Cooks Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frenstat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gay Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Millican
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bryan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Birch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rye ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
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 Snook Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Burleson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Snook Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bryan
- Bryan lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Snook Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bryan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Caldwell
- College Station
- Somerville
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 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 Snook Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Burleson 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 Snook Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1959871
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 Burleson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |