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 Chambliss (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 Chambliss. 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 and hospitals 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.
Chambliss is located in Collin 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 Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Chambliss. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chambliss:
- Collin County (The home county of Chambliss)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Valdasta
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Altoga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Westminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melissa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parris is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parris
- Frognot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Mantua ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mantua is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Biggers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Biggers is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- New Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
- Comanche County
- Cross Roads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rowlett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richardson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Hackberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Little Elm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- The Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Providence Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Providence Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Aubrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Krugerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Krugerville is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krugerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
- Lincoln Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Oak Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Trenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Whitewright
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Savoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edhube
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Ector
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gober
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bonham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Cannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Kentucky Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Howe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gunter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Ida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ida is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Luella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Luella is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Dorchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Tribune
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tribune is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
- Bells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Merit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Celeste
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- White Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Caddo Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrix
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Jacobia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Wolfe City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aberfoyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Fate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mobile City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blackland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chambliss, see our County-by-County Page for Chambliss.
Cemeteries Near Chambliss ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chambliss.
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 Chambliss - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chambliss covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Stoney Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brinlee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Altoga Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verona Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Grounds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westminster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Melissa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Coffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Winkle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Van Winkle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Princeton.
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.<3>
While we didn't find Chambliss in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chambliss.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chambliss, with the one closest to Chambliss listed first.
- Altoga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Melissa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Verona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Blue Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fayburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fayburg is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayburg
- Princeton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sedalia is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Nobility
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nobility is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobility
- Cannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Roland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roland is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- McKinney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Van Alstyne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delba is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delba
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chambliss. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chambliss.
Newspapers Published in Chambliss ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chambliss.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chambliss, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chambliss.
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 helpful 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 Chambliss:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Collin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Comanche County
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hunt County
- Rockwall 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chambliss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Chambliss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |