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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Belcherville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Belcherville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Belcherville, please Contact Us.
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 Belcherville (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 Belcherville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Belcherville is historic, it would have been located within present day Montague 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 Montague County: Jefferson (OK), Love (OK), Clay, Cooke, Jack & Wise.
Below are the counties that are near Belcherville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belcherville:
- Montague County (The home county of Belcherville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Nocona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hynds City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hynds City is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
- Montague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Bonita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Spanish Fort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Bowie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dye is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Salona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salona is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Saint Jo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Fruitland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fruitland is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Bellevue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bluegrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Byers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Joy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joy is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Jolly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Cooke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Muenster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jack County
- Postoak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Postoak is located in Jack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Wise County
- Park Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Park Springs is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Springs
- Jefferson County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Fleetwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Terral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oscar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ryan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <2>
- Grady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Petersburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Sugden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugden is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Waurika
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cornish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ringling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Love County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Leon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orr
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orr is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Jimtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belcherville, see our County-by-County Page for Belcherville.
Cemeteries Near Belcherville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belcherville.
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 Belcherville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belcherville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Belcherville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Long Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nocona Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Molsbee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red River Station Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ringgold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fleetwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Benton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Terral Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (95 more) ...
- Robinson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Robinson Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the east of Nocona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6405 <3>
- Simmons Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Keck Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.
Belcherville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 516 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belcherville, with the one closest to Belcherville listed first.
- Nocona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Montague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Bellevue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Fort
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Bowie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dye is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Salona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salona is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Saint Jo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Henrietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hurnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hurnville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hardy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Bluegrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sunset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belcherville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belcherville.
Newspapers Published in Belcherville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belcherville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belcherville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belcherville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Belcherville:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Montague County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cooke County
- Jack County
- Wise County
- Jefferson County
- Love County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Belcherville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Belcherville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |