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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 Cliffside (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 Cliffside. 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 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.

Cliffside is located in Potter 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 Potter County: Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham & Randall.

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

  • Potter County     (The home county of Cliffside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
    • Bishop Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
      • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Soncy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Amarillo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushland
      • Bushland is located in Potter County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bushland <2>
  • Armstrong County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
    • Washburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
      • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Armstrong County
  • Deaf Smith County
    • Dawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
      • Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <2>
  • Moore County
    • Masterson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Masterson is located in Moore County
  • Oldham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
    • Wildorado
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildorado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildorado
      • Wildorado is located in Oldham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildorado <2>
    • Tascosa ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
      • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
    • Vega
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
      • Vega is located in Oldham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <2>
  • Randall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cliffside, with the one closest to Cliffside listed first.
    • Palisades
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Timbercreek Canyon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
      • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Lake Tanglewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
      • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
    • Canyon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Umbarger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cliffside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cliffside.

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

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

  • Townsend Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townsend Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townsend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Arnot Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Llano Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Llano Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Llano Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Amarillo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #171790 <4>
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memory Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Dreamland Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dreamland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dreamland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the north of Canyon.
    • The Dreamland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Canyon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3288 <4>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Washburn Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • St. Mary Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Tascosa Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tascosa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tascosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Amarillo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pullman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pullman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
    • Pullman is located in Potter County
  • Ady
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
    • Ady is located in Potter County
  • Canyon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Washburn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
    • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
  • Dawn
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
    • Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Cliffside ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cliffside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cliffside, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cliffside.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cliffside:

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

The official website for Potter County: www.co.potter.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cliffside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cliffside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2651, Longitude: -101.9327       In this case, the coordinates for Cliffside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Cliffside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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