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 Cedarvale (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 Cedarvale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cedarvale is located in Kaufman 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 Kaufman County: Dallas, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Rockwall & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Cedarvale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedarvale:
- Kaufman County (The home county of Cedarvale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Ola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Prairieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Abner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Becker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- College Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Oak Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Elmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kaufman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mabank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Post Oak Bend City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Lone Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Combine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Seagoville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Walnut Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Telico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Telico is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Crisp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crisp is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Gun Barrel City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eustace
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Seven Points
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Payne Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Tool
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Log Cabin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Caney City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Star Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Malakoff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Murchison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trinidad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Hawk Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Quinlan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Tawakoni
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Boles Home
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Union Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Lone Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weiland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Bazette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Chatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Flats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- East Tawakoni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Hooker Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- Emory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- McLendon - Chisholm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Blackland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Mobile City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Smith County
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Myrtle Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Wills Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edgewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tundra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Fruitvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Saline
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ben Wheeler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Wood County
- Alba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedarvale, see our County-by-County Page for Cedarvale.
Cemeteries Near Cedarvale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedarvale.
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 Cedarvale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedarvale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Cedarvale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kayser Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rader Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aanonsen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Cemetery
- The Blackjack Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Cemetery
- Blackjack MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1204395 <2>
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- New Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Traver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
While we didn't find Cedarvale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedarvale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedarvale, with the one closest to Cedarvale listed first.
- Wise
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Prairieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Abner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Myrtle Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Wills Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kemp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Elmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Kaufman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edgewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stubbs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Terrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tolosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedarvale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedarvale.
Newspapers Published in Cedarvale ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedarvale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedarvale, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedarvale.
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 Cedarvale:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Kaufman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dallas County
- Ellis County
- Henderson County
- Hunt County
- Navarro County
- Rains County
- Rockwall County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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> | 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- Cedarvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cedarvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |