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A visit to the Woods 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 Woods Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Woods Cemetery (FG ID #7745)

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 Woods Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woods Cemetery has been estimated.<2>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woods Cemetery

Lat:   29.3859°   (29° 23' 9")

Lon:   -95.4907°   (-95° 29' 26")

The cemetery is located in Brazoria County<3>.

As an estimate, the Woods Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Sandy Point.

The county seat for Brazoria County is located in Angleton. Angleton lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the south southeast of the Woods Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Woods Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Woods Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woods Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Sandy Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rosharon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lochridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Juliff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bonney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
    • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bonney
    • From the Woods Cemetery to Bonney
  • Iowa Colony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
    • Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
  • Hawdon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sienna Plantation
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sienna Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sienna Plantation
    • Sienna Plantation is located in Fort Bend County
  • Arcola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcola have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Arcola is located in Fort Bend County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,775 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <7>
  • Manvel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
    • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <7>
  • Trammels
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fresno
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresno have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
    • Fresno is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fresno <7>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Thompsons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompsons have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons
      • Thompsons is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompsons <7>
    • Missouri City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City
      • Missouri City is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,643 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missouri City <7>
    • Holiday Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
      • Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
    • Dewalt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Alvin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <7>
    • Fairway Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
    • Danbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danbury have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
      • Danbury is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <7>
    • Booth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Liverpool
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • First Colony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for First Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
      • First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
    • Fifth Street
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fifth Street have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
      • Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
    • Bailey's Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Angleton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angleton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angleton
      • Angleton is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,521 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angleton <7>
    • Hillcrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Westwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
    • West Oaks Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County

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 Woods Cemetery. The following communities are located in Brazoria County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Woods Cemetery:

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 Woods Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1350554  (Woods Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1350554 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Juliff
    • County: Brazoria         Elev: 17
    • Location given for GNIS #1350554 (Woods Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #7745

The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brazoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Woods Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3859, Longitude: -95.4907       In this case, the coordinates for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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