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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 Anthony (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 Anthony. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Anthony is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.

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

  • Fannin County     (The home county of Anthony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • Savoy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mulberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
      • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
    • Ravenna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ector
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridings
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings
      • Ridings is located in Fannin County
    • Boyd
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Fannin County
    • Sowells Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowells Bluff
      • Sowells Bluff is located in Fannin County
    • Whitewright
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bonham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivanhoe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Orangeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
      • Orangeville is located in Fannin County
    • Edhube
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
      • Edhube is located in Fannin County
    • Randolph
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • Van Alstyne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Westminster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Collin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <1>
    • Mantua ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantua came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
      • Mantua is located in Collin County
    • Frognot
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
      • Frognot is located in Collin County
    • Anna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
      • Anna is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
    • Blue Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Valdasta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
      • Valdasta is located in Collin County
    • Melissa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Weston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <1>
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • Bells
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
      • Bells is located in Grayson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <1>
    • Ida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
      • Ida is located in Grayson County
    • Whiterock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
      • Whiterock is located in Grayson County
    • Denison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kentucky Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
      • Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
    • Twin City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
      • Twin City is located in Grayson County
    • Red River City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red River City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
      • Red River City is located in Grayson County
    • Luella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
      • Luella is located in Grayson County
    • Tom Bean
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frontier Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
      • Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
    • Tribune
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
      • Tribune is located in Grayson County
    • Sherman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Knollwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knollwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood
      • Knollwood is located in Grayson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • Wolfe City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Celeste
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
      • Celeste is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celeste <1>
  • Bryan County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • Kemp
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kemp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
      • Kemp is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <1>
    • Hendrix
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrix have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
      • Hendrix is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hendrix <1>
    • Achille
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Achille have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achille
      • Achille is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Achille <1>
    • Yarnaby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
      • Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Yuba
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
      • Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Colbert
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colbert
      • Colbert is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colbert <1>
    • Cartwright
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Calera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calera have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calera
      • Calera is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calera <1>
    • Albany
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Platter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Durant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
      • Durant is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,157 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durant <1>
    • Wade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Mead
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
      • Mead is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mead <1>
  • Marshall County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anthony, with the one closest to Anthony listed first.
    • McBride
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McBride have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
      • McBride is located in Marshall County (OK)
    • New Woodville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodville
      • New Woodville is located in Marshall County (OK)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 132 people
    • Cumberland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Cumberland is located in Marshall County (OK)
    • Kingston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Kingston is located in Marshall County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <1>
    • Shay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay
      • Shay is located in Marshall County (OK)

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

Newspapers Published in Anthony ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anthony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anthony, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anthony.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 information is open to everyone.

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

Cemeteries Near Anthony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anthony.

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 Anthony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bush Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Virginia Point Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Virginia Point Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Savoy.
    • The Virginia Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Virginia Point Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Warren Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virginia Point Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #969492 <5>
  • Virginia Point Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Virginia Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Virginia Point Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virginia Point Cemetery
  • Bell - Youree Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Shaw Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shaw Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • The Shaw Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chaffin Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450212 <5>
  • Bradford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bradford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradford Cemetery
  • Blair Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Blair Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269468 <5>
  • McNeely Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McNeely Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McNeely Cemetery
  • Culpepper Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Culpepper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Culpepper Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Cherry Mound Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (290 more) ...
    • Dugan Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Dugan Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Dugan Chapel Cemetery
      • Dugan - Whiting Cemetery
      • Dugans Chapel Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dugan Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2291068 <5>
    • Allred Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Allred Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allred Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207412 <5>
    • Goff Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Goff Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goff Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2291051 <5>

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.<7>

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

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

  • Bells
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
    • Bells is located in Grayson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <1>
  • Savoy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mulberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
  • Ravenna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ector
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ida
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
    • Ida is located in Grayson County
  • Denison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kentucky Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
    • Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
  • Whitewright
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Luella
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
    • Luella is located in Grayson County
  • Tom Bean
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sherman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • White Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mound
      • White Mound is located in Grayson County
    • Orangeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
      • Orangeville is located in Fannin County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anthony) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anthony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6768, Longitude: -96.3733       In this case, the coordinates for Anthony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Anthony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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