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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 Chub (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 Chub. 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.

Chub is located in Midland 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 Midland County: Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Reagan & Upton.

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

  • Midland County     (The home county of Chub)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chub, with the one closest to Chub listed first.
    • Midland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Greenwood is located in Midland County
  • Ector County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chub, with the one closest to Chub listed first.
    • Gardendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Odessa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Scharbauer City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scharbauer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scharbauer City
      • Scharbauer City is located in Ector County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chub, with the one closest to Chub listed first.
    • Stanton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarzan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarzan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarzan
      • Tarzan is located in Martin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarzan <1>
    • Lenorah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenorah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenorah
      • Lenorah is located in Martin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenorah <1>
  • Upton County
    • Midkiff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midkiff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midkiff
      • Midkiff is located in Upton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midkiff <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Chub ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chub.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rest Haven Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Valhalla Mausoleum
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valhalla Mausoleum
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valhalla Mausoleum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • American Heritage Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Los Angeles Gardens Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Odessa Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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 Chub in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chub.

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

  • Midland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Germania
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germania have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
    • Germania is located in Midland County
  • Warfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
    • Warfield is located in Midland County
  • Stanton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Odessa
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Morita
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morita
    • Morita is located in Howard County

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

Newspapers Published in Chub ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chub.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chub, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chub.

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 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 Chub:

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

The official website for Midland County: www.co.midland.tx.us/

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>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 Chub, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chub) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chub. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0240, Longitude: -102.0193       In this case, the coordinates for Chub have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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