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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 Annaville (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 Annaville. 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 and doctors 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.

Annaville is located in Wise County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wise County: Cooke, Denton, Jack, Montague, Parker & Tarrant.

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

  • Wise County     (The home county of Annaville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Boyd
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Herman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
    • Aurora
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Fairview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Rhome
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bluett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Decatur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Briar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Newark
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Bridgeport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake Bridgeport is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 405 people
    • Boonsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Boonsville is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsville
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Rosston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Era
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Stony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
    • DISH
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • DISH is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DISH
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
    • Justin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ponder
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Elizabethtown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Northlake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Corral City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Corral City is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Roanoke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Krum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Krum is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <1>
    • Argyle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Marshall Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Trophy Club
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Westlake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Westbrook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Westbrook is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Gibtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Gibtown is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibtown
    • Wizard Wells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Wizard Wells is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wizard Wells
    • Perrin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Montague County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • New Harp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • New Harp is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harp
    • Sunset
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Forestburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fruitland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fruitland is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Reno
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Springtown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanctuary
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Goshen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Goshen is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Azle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <1>
    • Agnes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Agnes is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
    • Carter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carter is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
    • Poolville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dicey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dicey is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
    • Peaster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Adell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Adell is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
    • Hudson Oaks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Annaville, with the one closest to Annaville listed first.
    • Pecan Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecan Acres is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Acres
    • Pelican Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pelican Bay is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Bay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
    • Eagle Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Mountain is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
    • Haslet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lakeside is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,586 people
    • Saginaw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Worth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Blue Mound
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Keller
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sansom Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • White Settlement
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • River Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Watauga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Annaville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Annaville.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Annaville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Annaville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Arkansas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Boyd Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Trimble Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Garvin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Keeter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stokes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Aurora Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Prescott Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Paradise Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Opal Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

While we didn't find Annaville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Annaville.

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

  • Herman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Herman is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
  • Aurora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Keeter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Keeter is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeter
  • Rhome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Paradise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cottondale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottondale is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
  • Briar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Briar is located in Wise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
  • Decatur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Springtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Drop
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Drop is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
  • Bridgeport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Avondale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Avondale is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Stony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
    • Agnes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Agnes is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
    • Azle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Annaville ...

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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Annaville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Annaville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Annaville.

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 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 Annaville:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Annaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Annaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.