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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 Broadway (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 Broadway. 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 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.

Broadway is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Bryan (OK), Choctaw (OK), Delta, Fannin & Red River.

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

  • Lamar County     (The home county of Broadway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Frog Hop ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hop
    • Glory
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Glory is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
    • Gadston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Gadston is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadston
    • Howland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Howland is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
    • Biardstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Biardstown is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
    • Atlas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Atlas is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
    • Ambia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ambia is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
    • Clardy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Clardy is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
    • Taylor Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
    • Roxton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Paris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Brookston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Lake Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Enloe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Charleston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Charleston is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Ben Franklin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cooper
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Klondike
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pecan Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jot-Em-Down
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
      • Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
      • Mohegan
      • Muddig Prairie
    • Needmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Needmore is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Dial
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Dial is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
    • Honey Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Allen Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Allen Point is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
    • Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
    • Ladonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Allens Chapel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
    • Silver City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Silver City is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Windom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Carson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Carson is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Hail
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hail is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
    • Dodd City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Gober
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Hagansport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
    • Mount Vernon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Tira
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Tira is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Nelta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Nelta is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
    • Sulphur Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Birthright
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Birthright is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
    • Posey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Posey is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
    • Peerless
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Peerless is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Dike
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Weaver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Weaver is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Ridgeway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
    • Saltillo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Yowell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Yowell is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
    • Jardin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jardin is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
    • Commerce
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairlie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairlie is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
    • Aberfoyle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
    • South Sulphur
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
    • Wolfe City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Red River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Halesboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Halesboro is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
    • Bogata
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bogata is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <1>
    • Liberty
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Detroit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bagwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sherry is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
    • Addielou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Addielou is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
    • Kanawha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kanawha is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
    • Clarksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Cuthand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cuthand is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
  • Titus County
    • Talco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Broadway, with the one closest to Broadway listed first.
    • Grant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Frogville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville

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

Cemeteries Near Broadway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Broadway.

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

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

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

  • Garner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • New Dora Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Camp Shed Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brackeen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Slabtown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazel Dell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Biardstown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Cooper.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317700 <3>
  • Winfrey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (192 more) ...
    • Camp Hill Oil Field
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mallory Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Neathery Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Broadway had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Glory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glory is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
  • Mount Joy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Joy is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Biardstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Biardstown is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
  • Atlas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlas is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
  • Lake Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Prattville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Prattville is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
  • Rockford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rockford is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
  • Jennings
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennings is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Ambia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ambia is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
  • Roxton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Charleston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Charleston is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Paris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Minter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Minter is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter
    • Brookston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ben Franklin
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Broadway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Broadway.

Newspapers Published in Broadway ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Broadway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Broadway, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Broadway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Broadway:

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 '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- Broadway) 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 Broadway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.