A visit to the Sowell 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 Sowell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sowell Cemetery:
31.3157, -94.3024
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sowell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sowell Cemetery is located in San Augustine County<2>.
The county seat for San Augustine County is located in San Augustine. San Augustine lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northeast of the Sowell Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Sowell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sowell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Broaddus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Broaddus Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus Cemetery
- Harvey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Harvy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Harvy Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvy Cemetery
- Fox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Lowery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lowery Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowery Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Nath Beck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Nath Beck Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nath Beck Cemetery
- Wooten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harvey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Rayburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rayburn Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn Cemetery
- Blue Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Blue Spring Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Miley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Miley Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Cochran Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
- Boykin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Boykin Cemetery is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin Cemetery
- The Boykin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gilliland Boykin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2524 <5>
- Cassels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Runnels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Runnels Cemetery is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnels Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sowell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sowell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Broaddus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Ora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- White City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Boynton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boynton is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Etoile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ewing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Oak Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Chireno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Zavalla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maxey Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
- Thomas Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Denning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Parker Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Parker Point is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
- Nancy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nancy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
- Rebecca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
- Alco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alco is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Huntington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Attoyac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
- Dolan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bronson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dunagan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dunagan is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
- Rocky Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Manning ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Manning is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Harveytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harveytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Powell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Powell is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- San Augustine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woden
(18 miles [29 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 Sowell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in San Augustine County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sowell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Sowell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to San Augustine 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 Sowell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1382786 (Sowell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1382786 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: San Augustine
- Est. Elev: 86 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Broaddus
- Location given for Sowell Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3157432 Lon: -94.3024218
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 San Augustine, 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 from Point A (ie- Sowell 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |