Our Genealogy Helper
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 Ardis Heights (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 Ardis Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Ardis Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ardis Heights: Ardis Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Ardis Heights is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Ardis Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ardis Heights:
- Hunt County (The home county of Ardis Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Neylandville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weiland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- South Sulphur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Kingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Aberfoyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Caddo Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Josephine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Farmersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Royse City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Frognot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Copeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lavon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Valdasta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Altoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Princeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Needmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Jot-Em-Down
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Klondike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Leonard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ladonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gober
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Hail
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Randolph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dial
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Edhube
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Orangeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Grayson County
- Pilot Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Cumby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Miller Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Divide
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Peerless
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Bonanza
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Posey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Rockdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Tazewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Sulphur Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Ables Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Poetry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Elmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Terrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Heath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- East Tawakoni
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Emory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Fate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Mobile City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Van Zandt County
- Wills Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ardis Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Ardis Heights.
Cemeteries Near Ardis Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ardis Heights.
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 Ardis Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ardis Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Forest Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Mt. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Center Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memoryland Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- David Rush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Greenville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968896 <3>
- Etter Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hopkins Cemetery #2
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Hopkins Cemetery #1
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Money Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Greenville.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960177 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ardis Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ardis Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ardis Heights, with the one closest to Ardis Heights listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Neylandville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Kellogg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Campbell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wieland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wieland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
- Wagner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wagner is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- South Sulphur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Kingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Caddo Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ardis Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ardis Heights.
Newspapers Published in Ardis Heights ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ardis Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ardis Heights, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ardis Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ardis Heights:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Rains County
- Rockwall County
- Van Zandt County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ardis Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ardis Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |