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 Audelia (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 Audelia. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Audelia 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 Audelia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Audelia:
- Dallas County (The home county of Audelia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Buckingham
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Richardson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rawlins
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Highland Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rowlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Farmers Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Plano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sachse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Wylie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Comanche County
- Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- The Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Lakewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Hickory Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Elm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dallas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flower Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Southlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Copper Canyon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Leaf
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Walnut Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Pecan Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
- Sterrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sterrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Union Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hendrix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Caddo Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Heath
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Forney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Talty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Crandall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Poetry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Lone Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Terrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Rockwall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mobile City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Fate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Blackland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colleyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bransford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bransford is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- University Park Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
- Pantego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dalworthington Gardens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Audelia, see our County-by-County Page for Audelia.
Cemeteries Near Audelia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Audelia.
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 Audelia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Audelia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- McCree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Restland Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blewett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Routh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Rock Garden of Memories
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merrell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Motley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Race Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Race Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Race Cemetery is located outside of Garland
- The Race Cemetery has also been known as:
- Catlett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148473 <2>
- Old Plano City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Plano City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Plano City Cemetery is located in Plano.
- The Old Plano City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pioneer Cemetery
- Plano Cemetery
- Plano Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183403 <2>
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 Audelia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Audelia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Audelia, with the one closest to Audelia listed first.
- Richardson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rawlins
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Reinhardt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
- Renner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Renner is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Plano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rowlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Pleasant Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Sachse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Audelia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Audelia.
Newspapers Published in Audelia ...
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 285 newspapers that have been published in the area around Audelia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Audelia, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Audelia.
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 Audelia:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Comanche County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant 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> | 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 Audelia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Audelia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |