A visit to the Williams 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 Williams Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Williams Cemetery (FG ID #7653).
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 Williams Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Williams Cemetery:
32.2895, -95.1378
The Williams Cemetery is located in Smith County<2>.
The county seat for Smith County is located in Tyler. Tyler lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Williams Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Williams Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Williams Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Williams Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bacon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver's Chapel Cemetery (African-American)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bascom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holt Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Arp.
- The Holt Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4321 <1>
- Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meador Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Viola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Canaan Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Curtis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Threlkeld Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Memorial Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldin Memorial Garden (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Williams Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Williams Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Omen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sinclair City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Overton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Troup
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wright City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Selman City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turnertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sexton City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Starrville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Henrys Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Bullard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Friars
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Laird Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Winona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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 Williams Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Smith County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Williams Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arp
- Arp lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Williams Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arp.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Overton
- Tyler
- Tyler lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Williams Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tyler.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Whitehouse
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 Williams Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Smith 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 Williams Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #7653
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1350124 (Williams Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1350124 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: Smith
- Est. Elev: 151 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bascom
- Location given for Williams Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.2893191 Lon: -95.1374456
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Smith, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Williams 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |