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 Chaney (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 Chaney. 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 hospitals and 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.
Chaney is located in Eastland 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 Eastland County: Brown, Callahan, Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto, Shackelford & Stephens.
Below are the counties that are near Chaney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chaney:
- Eastland County (The home county of Chaney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Desdemona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kokomo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
- Kokomo is located in Eastland County
- Olden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Ranger is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,354 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <1>
- Gorman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Gorman is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorman <1>
- Eastland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Carbon is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbon <1>
- Mangum ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mangum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Mangum is located in Eastland County
- Okra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
- Okra is located in Eastland County
- Cisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cisco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Cisco is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cisco <1>
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Nimrod is located in Eastland County
- Rising Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comanche County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Rucker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Rucker is located in Comanche County
- De Leon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Comyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comyn
- Comyn is located in Comanche County
- Sipe Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
- Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
- Proctor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Proctor is located in Comanche County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <1>
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Sidney is located in Comanche County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <1>
- Erath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Thurber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lingleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lingleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingleville
- Lingleville is located in Erath County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lingleville <1>
- Bunyan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
- Bunyan is located in Erath County
- Dublin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Erath County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <1>
- Morgan Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Mill
- Morgan Mill is located in Erath County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan Mill <1>
- Stephenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Harbin is located in Erath County
- Palo Pinto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Strawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mingus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingus
- Mingus is located in Palo Pinto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mingus <1>
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo
- Santo is located in Palo Pinto County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santo <1>
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- La Casa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
- La Casa is located in Stephens County
- Gunsight ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Gunsight is located in Stephens County
- Wayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Wayland is located in Stephens County
- Necessity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity
- Necessity is located in Stephens County
- Caddo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Stephens County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chaney, see our County-by-County Page for Chaney.
Newspapers Published in Chaney ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chaney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chaney, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chaney.
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 websites either 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 Chaney:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Eastland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Comanche County
- Erath County
- Palo Pinto County
- Stephens County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Cemeteries Near Chaney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chaney.
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 Chaney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Gregg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gregg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gregg Cemetery
- Alameda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alameda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alameda Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
- Cross Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cross Bend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cross Bend Cemetery
- Fredom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fredom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredom Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simpson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simpson Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davidson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davidson Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- Ellison Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Spring Cemetery
- School Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the School Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the School Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (116 more) ...
- Old School Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old School Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old School Hill Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Tudor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tudor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tudor 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.<4>
While we didn't find Chaney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chaney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chaney, with the one closest to Chaney listed first.
- Desdemona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Ranger is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,354 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <1>
- Olden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
- Tiffin is located in Eastland County
- Gorman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Gorman is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorman <1>
- Eastland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Carbon is located in Eastland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbon <1>
- Victor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Victor is located in Erath County
- Strawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thurber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Casa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
- La Casa is located in Stephens County
- Lingleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lingleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingleville
- Lingleville is located in Erath County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lingleville <1>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hannibal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hannibal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
- Hannibal is located in Erath County
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Erath County
- Duster
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
- Duster is located in Comanche County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chaney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chaney.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chaney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Eastland County: www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chaney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chaney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3651, Longitude: -98.6206 In this case, the coordinates for Chaney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<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 Chaney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |