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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 Baker (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 Baker. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Baker is located in Cottle 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 Cottle County: Childress, Dickens, Foard, Hall, Hardeman, King & Motley.

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

  • Cottle County     (The home county of Baker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baker, with the one closest to Baker listed first.
    • Paducah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paducah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
      • Paducah is located in Cottle County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <2>
    • Cee Vee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cee Vee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cee Vee
      • Cee Vee is located in Cottle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cee Vee <2>
    • Chalk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Narcisso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcisso
      • Narcisso is located in Cottle County
  • Childress County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baker, with the one closest to Baker listed first.
    • Kirkland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Childress
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Tell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Carey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Foard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baker, with the one closest to Baker listed first.
    • Crowell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Margaret
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
      • Margaret is located in Foard County
    • Foard City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foard City
      • Foard City is located in Foard County
  • Hall County
    • Estelline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baker, with the one closest to Baker listed first.
    • Goodlett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Quanah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Medicine Mound ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Mound
      • Medicine Mound is located in Hardeman County

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

Newspapers Published in Baker ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baker.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baker, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baker.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Baker:

Cemeteries Near Baker ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baker.

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

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

  • Tennessee Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunlap Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Kirkland Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Goodlett Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodlett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodlett Cemetery
  • Garden of Memories
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden of Memories have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Memories
  • Childress Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
  • Haven of Rest Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haven of Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haven of Rest Cemetery
  • Elba Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elba Cemetery
  • Tell Methodist Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tell Baptist Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Carey Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Buck Creek Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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.<5>

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

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

  • Kirkland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Vivian
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vivian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
    • Vivian is located in Foard County
  • Paducah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paducah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
    • Paducah is located in Cottle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <2>
  • Childress
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Quanah
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Carey
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crowell
    (26 miles [41.8 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 Baker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baker.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Baker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2009, Longitude: -100.1115       In this case, the coordinates for Baker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Baker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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