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 Bethard (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 Bethard. 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 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.
Bethard 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 Bethard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethard:
- Dallas County (The home county of Bethard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Buckingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richardson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rawlins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- University Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowlett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Highland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Addison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Plano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sachse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Carrollton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Clear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lavon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comanche County
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 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 Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- The Colony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 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
- Little Elm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Southlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Double Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Shores is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Flower Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard 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
(27 miles [43.5 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 Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Union Valley
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Caddo Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hendrix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 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 Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Heath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Forney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talty
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Poetry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Terrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Post Oak Bend City
(27 miles [43.5 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 Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Rockwall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mobile City
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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 Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Colleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bransford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bransford is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- University Park Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
- Pantego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dalworthington Gardens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Richland Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethard, see our County-by-County Page for Bethard.
Cemeteries Near Bethard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethard.
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 Bethard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Restland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blewett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Garland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Miles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Motley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Race Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Routh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Bethard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethard, with the one closest to Bethard listed first.
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Richardson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reinhardt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
- Rawlins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Rowlett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Renner
(7 miles [11.3 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)
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Sachse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farmers Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethard.
Newspapers Published in Bethard ...
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 283 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethard, 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 Bethard.
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 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 Bethard:
- 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 Bethard, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |