A visit to the Tyus 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 Tyus Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tyus Cemetery:
31.7802, -95.9797
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Tyus Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Tyus Cemetery is located in Freestone County<2>.
The county seat for Freestone County is located in Fairfield. Fairfield lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Tyus Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tyus Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Tyus Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tyus Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Edwards Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Chancellor Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Chancellor Union Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Union Cemetery
- The Chancellor Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chancellor Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Day Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Day Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Rehobath Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Rehobath Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobath Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Jemison Quarters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Jemison Quarters Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemison Quarters Cemetery
- The Jemison Quarters Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jimmerson Quarters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165866 <5>
- Jimmison Quarter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jackson Quarters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Jackson Quarters Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Quarters Cemetery
- The Jackson Quarters Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jackson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4475 <5>
- Lakes Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Lakes Chapel Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakes Chapel Cemetery
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- Lone Star Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lone Star Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west of Palestine.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157584 <5>
- Mayes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- The Mayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maze Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166132 <5>
- Tennessee Colony Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Tennessee Colony Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Colony Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tennessee Colony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tennessee Colony.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1565191 <5>
- Shaw Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fairfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #381450 <5>
- Willis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Willis Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Bethel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978276 <5>
- Old Anglan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Old Anglan Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Anglan Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of Palestine.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2424393 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Tyus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tyus Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Yard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Yard is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
- Massey Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
- Greens Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
- Turlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Red Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Lake is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Butler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Tennessee Colony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cayuga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lanely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lanely is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Long Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Blackfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Dew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Oakwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Montalba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Winkler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Bois d'Arc
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tyus Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Freestone 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 Tyus Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1370420 (Tyus Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1370420 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: Freestone
- Est. Elev: 94 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Yard
- Location given for Tyus Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7801681 Lon: -95.9796869
- 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 Freestone, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tyus 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. |
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