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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Westlawn Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Westlawn Memorial Park (FG ID #2232492)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Westlawn Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Westlawn Memorial Park

Lat:   34.5380°   (34° 32' 16")

Lon:   -102.3611°   (-102° 21' 39")

The Westlawn Memorial Park is located in Castro County<2>.

The county seat for Castro County is located in Dimmitt. Dimmitt lies just to the east northeast of the Westlawn Memorial Park .

Name Variations for Westlawn Memorial Park ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Westlawn Memorial Park has also been known as:

  • Westlawn Memorial Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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 Westlawn Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to Texas:
  • Pages specific to Castro County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Westlawn Memorial Park itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 13 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Westlawn Memorial Park.

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

    • Dimmitt
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Nazareth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Summerfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
      • Summerfield is located in Castro County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerfield <4>
    • Lazbuddie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Hart is located in Castro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <4>
    • Hereford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Earth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earth
      • Earth is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earth <4>
    • Springlake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springlake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlake
      • Springlake is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springlake <4>
    • Friona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friona have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friona
      • Friona is located in Parmer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friona <4>
    • Olton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dawn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
      • Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <4>
    • Muleshoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muleshoe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
      • Muleshoe is located in Bailey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muleshoe <4>
    • Bovina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovina have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
      • Bovina is located in Parmer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovina <4>

    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 Westlawn Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Castro County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Westlawn Memorial Park.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Bovina
    • Dimmitt
    • Friona
      • Friona lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Westlawn Memorial Park.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Friona.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friona
    • Hart
      • Hart lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Westlawn Memorial Park.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hart.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hereford
    • Muleshoe
    • Olton
      • Olton lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Westlawn Memorial Park.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olton.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olton

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 14 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Westlawn Memorial Park.<6>

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

    • Castro Memorial Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Flagg Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Holy Family Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hart Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lazbuddie Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lazbuddie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lazbuddie Cemetery is located in Parmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lazbuddie Cemetery
    • Springlake Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springlake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Springlake Cemetery is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springlake Cemetery
    • West Park Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • The West Park Cemetery is located in Deaf Smith County
      • The West Park Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hereford Cemetery
      • Westpark Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7557 <1>
    • St. Anthony's Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Earth Memorial Perpetual Care Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Memorial Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memorial Cemetery is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
    • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park is located in Deaf Smith County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Lawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Hereford.
      • The Rest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Rest Lawn Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Lawn Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6324 <1>
    • Olton Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Olton Cemetery is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olton Cemetery
    • Bailey County Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bailey County Cemetery is located in Bailey County
      • The Bailey County Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hill Top Cemetery
      • Muleshoe Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey County Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5465 <1>
    • Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

    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 Westlawn Memorial Park:

    The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

    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 Castro, 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 obstructions 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 Westlawn Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5380, Longitude: -102.3611    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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 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.




 

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