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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 Bomarton (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 Bomarton. 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 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.

Bomarton is located in Baylor 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 Baylor County: Archer, Foard, Haskell, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger & Young.

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

  • Baylor County     (The home county of Bomarton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bomarton, with the one closest to Bomarton listed first.
    • Red Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
      • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
    • Seymour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Seymour is located in Baylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <2>
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
      • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
  • Archer County
    • Megargel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bomarton, with the one closest to Bomarton listed first.
    • Weinert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weinert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
      • Weinert is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weinert <2>
    • O'Brien
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Brien have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
      • O'Brien is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Brien <2>
    • Rochester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
      • Rochester is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester <2>
    • Haskell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
      • Haskell is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskell <2>
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bomarton, with the one closest to Bomarton listed first.
    • Goree
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goree
      • Goree is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goree <2>
    • Vera
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
      • Vera is located in Knox County
    • Munday
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munday have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munday
      • Munday is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munday <2>
    • Gilliland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliland
      • Gilliland is located in Knox County
    • Benjamin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Knox City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox City
      • Knox City is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox City <2>
  • Throckmorton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bomarton, with the one closest to Bomarton listed first.
    • Throckmorton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elbert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
      • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County

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

Newspapers Published in Bomarton ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bomarton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bomarton, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bomarton.

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 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 Bomarton:

Cemeteries Near Bomarton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bomarton.

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

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

  • Bomarton Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Goree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goree Cemetery
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
  • Cache Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Henson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Old Goree Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Goree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Goree Cemetery
  • Brushy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brushy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brushy Cemetery
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Seymour Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seymour Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodman Cemetery
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Woodmen Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson Memorial Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Memorial Cemetery

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

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

  • Goree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goree
    • Goree is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goree <2>
  • Seymour
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
    • Seymour is located in Baylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <2>
  • Vera
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
    • Vera is located in Knox County
  • Round Timber ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
    • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
  • Benjamin
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Throckmorton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Truscott
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truscott have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truscott
    • Truscott is located in Knox County
  • Spring Creek
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
  • Haskell
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
    • Haskell is located in Haskell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskell <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bomarton. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bomarton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bomarton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5072, Longitude: -99.4278    
<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 Bomarton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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