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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 Bennett (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 Bennett. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Bennett is located in Parker 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 Parker County: Erath, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Tarrant & Wise.

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

  • Parker County     (The home county of Bennett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Millsap
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cool
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cool is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Brock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brock is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Dennis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Authon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Authon is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
    • Lemley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lemley is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
    • Adell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Adell is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
    • Weatherford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Peaster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hudson Oaks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Erath County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Morgan Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bluff Dale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Thurber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hannibal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannibal is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Lipan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Oak Trail Shores
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Trail Shores is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail Shores
    • Tolar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Brazos Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Granbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cresson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Acton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • DeCordova
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • DeCordova is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
    • Hill City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hill City is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Perrin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Gibtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Gibtown is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibtown
    • Westbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
  • Palo Pinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Brazos
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
    • Mineral Wells
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wolters Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Wolters Village is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolters Village
    • Santo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Salesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
    • Palo Pinto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Graford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mingus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wise County
    • Boonsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Boonsville is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsville

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

Cemeteries Near Bennett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bennett.

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 Bennett - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dominicar Merlo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Goen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Old Millsap Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dobbs Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbs Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dobbs Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Brazos.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968823 <3>
  • Grassdale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Poe Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Brannon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brashears Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Pond Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (127 more) ...
    • Woodland Park Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Landreth Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Millsap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Brazos
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Mineral Wells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Brock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brock is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
  • Garner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Garner is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
  • Lemley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lemley is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
  • Authon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Authon is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
  • Santo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckner is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
  • Lipan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Adell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Adell is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
  • Salesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Weatherford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Peaster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Palo Pinto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Bennett ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bennett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bennett, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bennett.

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 Bennett:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bennett) 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 Bennett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.