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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 Arcadia Park (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 Arcadia Park. 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.

Arcadia Park is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.

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

  • Dallas County     (The home county of Arcadia Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Cockrell Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oak Cliff
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
    • Eagle Ford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Jim Town ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jim Town is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
      • Jim Town has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
    • Jimtown Junction ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jimtown Junction is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Junction
      • Jimtown Junction has also been known as:
      • Jim Town Junction
    • Grand Prairie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dallas
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Dallas is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343,266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <1>
    • Duncanville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sargent
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Sargent is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Highland Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hebron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Plano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Sachse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Parker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Frisco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Allen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Saint Paul
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Lucas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lucas is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
    • Wylie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Southlake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Flower Mound
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Colony
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Trophy Club
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Westlake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Double Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Highland Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Bartonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshall Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Roanoke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper Canyon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Red Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Oak Leaf
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Britton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • Mansfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Midlothian
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sterrett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sterrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
    • Pecan Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Sardis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sardis is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Waxahachie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Venus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ike
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Ike is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
    • Walnut Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Lillian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Briaroaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Burleson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crowley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvarado
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Timber
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Egan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Forney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Heath
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Crandall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Talty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
  • Rockwall County
    • Rockwall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arcadia Park, with the one closest to Arcadia Park listed first.
    • Euless
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
    • University Park Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Johnsons Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
    • Bedford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalworthington Gardens
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Pantego
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Colleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hurst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <1>
    • Bransford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Richland Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Arcadia Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arcadia Park.

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 Arcadia Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cockrell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Dallas - Ft. Worth National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fugitt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fivemile Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Southland Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Southland Cemetery (Old)
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Oak Cliff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Land Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Land Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Land Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Dallas.
    • The Laurel Land Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • New Oak Cliff Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4768 <2>
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • Lisbon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Emanu-El Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanu-El Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emanu-El Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dallas.
      • The Emanu-El Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Emanuel Cemetery
      • Temple Emanu-El Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3433 <2>
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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 Arcadia Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arcadia Park.

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

  • Oak Cliff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
  • Eagle Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
  • Grand Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Duncanville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Dallas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dallas is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,343,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <1>
  • Lisbon ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lisbon is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Sowers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sowers is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
  • Estelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Estelle is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
  • Cedar Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • DeSoto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rawlins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rawlins is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
  • Arlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Farmers Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Johnsons Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
    • Lancaster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Arcadia Park ...

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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arcadia Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arcadia Park, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arcadia Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Arcadia Park:

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 Arcadia Park, 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 from Point A (ie- Arcadia Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.