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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Ady (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ady. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Ady is located in Potter County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Potter County: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham & Randall.

Below are the counties that are near Ady. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ady:

  • Potter County     (The home county of Ady)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ady, with the one closest to Ady listed first.
    • Bishop Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
      • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Bushland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushland
      • Bushland is located in Potter County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bushland <2>
    • Soncy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Amarillo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartley County
    • Channing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Moore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ady, with the one closest to Ady listed first.
    • Masterson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Masterson is located in Moore County
    • Dumas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Oldham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ady, with the one closest to Ady listed first.
    • Tascosa ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
      • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
    • Wildorado
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildorado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildorado
      • Wildorado is located in Oldham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildorado <2>
    • Vega
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
      • Vega is located in Oldham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ady, see our County-by-County Page for Ady.

Newspapers Published in Ady ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ady.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ady, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ady.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ady:

Cemeteries Near Ady ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ady.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ady covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ady, with the one closest to Ady listed first.

  • Tascosa Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tascosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tascosa Cemetery
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
  • Muncy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muncy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muncy Cemetery
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townsend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townsend Cemetery
  • Arnot Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnot Cemetery
  • Memorial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
  • Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Llano Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Memorial Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartley Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ady had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ady, with the one closest to Ady listed first.

  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
  • Channing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Amarillo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dumas
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ady. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ady.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ady. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Potter County: www.co.potter.tx.us/

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

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ady) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ady. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4856, Longitude: -102.1324       In this case, the coordinates for Ady have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ady, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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