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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 Capps Switch (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 Capps Switch. 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.

Name Variations for Capps Switch ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

While the name of this community is Capps Switch, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Capps Switch may originally have been Capp's Switch.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Capps Switch might be written as Capp Switch.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Capps Switch is located in Moore 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 Moore County: Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Oldham, Potter & Sherman.

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

  • Moore County     (The home county of Capps Switch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Capps Switch, with the one closest to Capps Switch listed first.
    • Sunray
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
      • Sunray is located in Moore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunray <3>
    • Cactus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
      • Cactus is located in Moore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cactus <3>
    • Dumas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hansford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Capps Switch, with the one closest to Capps Switch listed first.
    • Morse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
      • Morse is located in Hansford County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morse <3>
    • Gruver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gruver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
      • Gruver is located in Hansford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gruver <3>
    • Spearman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hutchinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Capps Switch, with the one closest to Capps Switch listed first.
    • Pringle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
      • Pringle is located in Hutchinson County
    • Stinnett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stinnett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
      • Stinnett is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stinnett <3>
    • Oil City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Sanford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Sanford is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <3>
    • Electric City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electric City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
      • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
    • Fritch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
      • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <3>
    • Phillips
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
    • Borger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
      • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Capps Switch ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Capps Switch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Capps Switch, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Capps Switch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Capps Switch:

Cemeteries Near Capps Switch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Capps Switch.

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

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

  • Palo Duro Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palo Duro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palo Duro Cemetery
  • Lane Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Memorial Cemetery
  • Lieb Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lieb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lieb Cemetery
  • Northlawn Memorial Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northlawn Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northlawn Memorial Cemetery
  • Gruver Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gruver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gruver Cemetery
  • Hansford Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sanford Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanford Cemetery
  • Holt Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Whaley Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whaley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whaley Cemetery
  • Westlawn Memorial Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Highland Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Park

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.<6>

While we didn't find Capps Switch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Capps Switch.

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

  • Dumas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hansford
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hansford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansford
    • Hansford is located in Hansford County

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Capps Switch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Capps Switch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0378, Longitude: -101.6427       In this case, the coordinates for Capps Switch 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.
<6>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 Capps Switch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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