A visit to the Valley 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 Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Valley Cemetery:
31.7493, -96.4780
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Valley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Valley Cemetery is located in Limestone County<2>.
The county seat for Limestone County is located in Groesbeck. Groesbeck lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Valley 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 Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lindley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Lindley Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Cemetery
- Long Bottom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Long Bottom Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom Cemetery
- Mexia City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mexia City Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mexia City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mexia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979262 <5>
- Spillers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Spillers Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillers Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Red Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Red Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Forest Glade Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade Cemetery
- Oak Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Island Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Island Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Shanks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Shanks Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Boardtree Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Boardtree Cemetery is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardtree Cemetery
- The Boardtree Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union High Cemetery
- Sessions Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Sessions Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sessions Cemetery
- The Sessions Cemetery has also been known as:
- Session Cemetery
- Webb - Branch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Webb - Branch Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb - Branch Cemetery
- Coolidge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Coolidge Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge Cemetery
- Armour Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- New Armour Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The New Armour Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Armour Cemetery
- Dancer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Dancer Cemetery is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancer Cemetery
- Grove Island Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Grove Island Cemetery is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Island Cemetery
- Carroll Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wortham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mexia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tehuacana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cotton Gin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kirvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coolidge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pursley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pursley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
- Fallon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Streetman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richland is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Teague
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Groesbeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Purdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Dawson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Kirk
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Lost Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Personville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Navarro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Navarro is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Mustang
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mustang is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Navarro Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Navarro Mills is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro Mills
- Spring Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
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 Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Limestone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coolidge
- Cotton Gin
- Dawson
- Groesbeck
- Mexia
- Streetman
- Tehuacana
- Wortham
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 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 Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Limestone 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 Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1370549 (Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1370549 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: Limestone
- Est. Elev: 133 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mexia
- Location given for Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7493321 Lon: -96.4780372
- 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 Limestone, 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 from Point A (ie- Valley 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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