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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 Bledsoe (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 Bledsoe. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Bledsoe is located in Cochran 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 Cochran County: Lea (NM), Roosevelt (NM), Bailey, Hockley & Yoakum.

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

  • Cochran County     (The home county of Bledsoe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bledsoe, with the one closest to Bledsoe listed first.
    • Morton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiteface
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiteface have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
      • Whiteface is located in Cochran County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteface <1>
  • Bailey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bledsoe, with the one closest to Bledsoe listed first.
    • Maple
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Enochs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enochs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochs
      • Enochs is located in Bailey County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enochs <1>
    • Stegall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
      • Stegall is located in Bailey County
    • Bula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bula
      • Bula is located in Bailey County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bula <1>
  • Hockley County
    • Pep
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pep have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pep
      • Pep is located in Hockley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pep <1>
  • Yoakum County
    • Bronco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bronco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Bronco is located in Yoakum County
  • Lea County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bledsoe, with the one closest to Bledsoe listed first.
    • Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bronco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bronco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Bronco is located in Lea County (NM)
    • Gladiola ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladiola
      • Gladiola is located in Lea County (NM)
    • Tatum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
      • Tatum is located in Lea County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 829 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatum <1>
  • Roosevelt County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bledsoe, with the one closest to Bledsoe listed first.
    • Causey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Causey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
      • Causey is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Causey <1>
    • Milnesand
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
      • Dora is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Bledsoe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bledsoe.

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

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

  • Bluitt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Perkins Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkins Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkins Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38322 <5>
  • Causey Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Causey Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Causey Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southeast of Causey (NM).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37987 <5>
  • Maple Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Richland Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Enochs Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Longs Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Inez Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Field Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Eagle Hill Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Murphys Chapel Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Phillips Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Phillips Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bula Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bula Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bula Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991244 <5>

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

Newspapers Published in Bledsoe ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bledsoe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bledsoe, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bledsoe.

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 Bledsoe:

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

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

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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- Bledsoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bledsoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6193, Longitude: -103.0213       In this case, the coordinates for Bledsoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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