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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 Close City (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 Close City. 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.

Name Variations for Close City ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Close City has also been known as: Ragtown.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Close City is located in Garza 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 Garza County: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Scurry.

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

  • Garza County     (The home county of Close City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Close City, with the one closest to Close City listed first.
    • Post
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
      • Post is located in Garza County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post <1>
    • Southland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
      • Southland is located in Garza County
    • Verbena ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verbena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
      • Verbena is located in Garza County
    • Justiceburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Borden County
  • Crosby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Close City, with the one closest to Close City listed first.
    • Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
      • Canyon Valley is located in Crosby County
    • Cap Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
      • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
    • Owens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
      • Owens is located in Crosby County
    • Savage ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
      • Savage is located in Crosby County
  • Dawson County
    • O'Donnell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Donnell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
      • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Close City, with the one closest to Close City listed first.
    • Slaton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Posey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
      • Posey is located in Lubbock County
    • Ransom Canyon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ransom Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom Canyon
      • Ransom Canyon is located in Lubbock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ransom Canyon <1>
    • Buffalo Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Canyon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
      • Canyon is located in Lubbock County
    • Slide
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
      • Slide is located in Lubbock County
  • Lynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Close City, with the one closest to Close City listed first.
    • Grassland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
      • Grassland is located in Lynn County
    • New Lynn ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
    • Wilson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
    • Draw
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
      • Draw is located in Lynn County
    • Tahoka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tahoka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoka
      • Tahoka is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tahoka <1>
    • Wayside ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Lynn County
    • New Home
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
      • New Home is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Home <1>
  • Scurry County
    • Fluvanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fluvanna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
      • Fluvanna is located in Scurry County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fluvanna <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Close City ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Close City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Close City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Close City.

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 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 Close City:

Cemeteries Near Close City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Close City.

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

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

  • Kate McCommis Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Kate McCommis Grave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kate McCommis Grave is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Post.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kate McCommis Grave
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2382811 <5>
  • Terrace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Terrace Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Post.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terrace Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7207 <5>
  • Grassland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Southland.
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Southland Resthaven Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6328 <5>
  • Cross H Ranch Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cross H Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cross H Ranch Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the west of Post.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cross H Ranch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2393085 <5>
  • Green Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Memorial Park
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Justiceburg Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Plain View Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plain View Cemetery
  • ODonnell Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the ODonnell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the ODonnell Cemetery
  • Old Emma Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Emma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Emma 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.<6>

While we didn't find Close City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Close City.

  • Grassland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • Grassland is located in Lynn County

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

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

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Close City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Close City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2109, Longitude: -101.4870    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Close City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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