A visit to the Whitehead 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 Whitehead Cemetery ...
The Whitehead Cemetery is located in Polk County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Beard Cemetery
- The Beard Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Birch Cemetery
- The Birch Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Darden Cemetery
- The Darden Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Feagin Cemetery
- The Feagin Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- George Cemetery
- The George Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Hardshell Cemetery
- The Hardshell Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Hubert Cemetery
- The Hubert Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Lily Island Cemetery
- The Lily Island Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Mahaffey Cemetery
- The Mahaffey Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Mann Cemetery
- The Mann Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Old Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Parrish Cemetery
- The Parrish Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Peach Tree Village Cemetery
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
- The Pine Ridge Cemetery is located in Polk County
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- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Sterling Cemetery
- The Sterling Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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- Tarver Cemetery
- The Tarver Cemetery is located in Tyler County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Whitehead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Barnes
- Barnes is located in Polk County
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- Barnum
- Barnum is located in Polk County
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- Camden
- Chester
- Colmesneil
- Corrigan
- Dallardsville
- Dolan
- Dolan is located in Angelina County
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- Doucette
- Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Polk County
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- Leggett
- Lily Island
- Lily Island is located in Polk County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Manning ‑ Historic
- Manning is located in Angelina County
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- Martin
- Martin is located in Angelina County
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- Moscow
- Nancy
- Nancy is located in Angelina County
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- New Willard
- New Willard is located in Polk County
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- Peach Tree Village
- Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
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- Seven Oaks
- Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Skinner Town
- Skinner Town is located in Polk County
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- Woodville
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 Whitehead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Whitehead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Colmesneil
- Corrigan
- Diboll
- Livingston
- Woodville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Whitehead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Whitehead Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1371442 (Whitehead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1371442 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: Polk
- Est. Elev: 102 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Camden
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitehead Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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