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A visit to the Sunset Memorial 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 Sunset Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sunset Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #2269602)

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 Sunset Memorial Cemetery ...

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Sunset Memorial Cemetery, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunset Memorial Cemetery

Lat:   31.3608°   (31° 21' 38")

Lon:   -102.3494°   (-102° 20' 57")

The cemetery is located in Crane County<2>.

As an estimate, the Sunset Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Crane.

The county seat for Crane County is located in Crane. Crane lies just to the north of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Crane Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Garden of Memories
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Memories
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden of Memories have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Garden of Memories is located in Upton County
  • Girvin Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Girvin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Girvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Girvin Cemetery is located in Pecos County
  • Rankin Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rankin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rankin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rankin Cemetery is located in Upton County
  • Tamarisk Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunset Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Crane County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunset Memorial Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Crane
    • Crane lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Crane.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Grandfalls
  • McCamey
    • McCamey lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for McCamey.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCamey
  • Rankin
    • Rankin lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rankin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin

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 professional and volunteer 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 Sunset Memorial Cemetery:

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 Sunset Memorial Cemetery:

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 Crane, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sunset Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3608, Longitude: -102.3494    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.