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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 Colquitt (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 Colquitt. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Colquitt is located in Kaufman 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 Kaufman County: Dallas, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Rockwall & Van Zandt.

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

  • Kaufman County     (The home county of Colquitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Lawrence
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Poetry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
    • Terrell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Heath
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Talty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
    • Forney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
    • Lone Star
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Elmo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Crandall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ables Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
    • College Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
    • Oak Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Royse City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lavon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Nevada
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sachse
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Josephine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wylie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Copeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Clear Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clear Lake is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Murphy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Parker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lucas is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
    • Farmersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Sunnyvale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lawson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawson is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
    • Mesquite
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • New Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Rowlett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seagoville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Balch Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Combine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Combine is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
    • Centerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Centerville is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Kleberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kleberg is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleberg
    • Garland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hutchins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rawlins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Rawlins is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Walnut Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
    • Bristol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bristol is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Telico
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Telico is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
    • Crisp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Crisp is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
    • Palmer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Union Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Valley is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Quinlan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawk Cove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Hendrix
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hendrix is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
    • Caddo Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Boles Home
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Boles Home is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
    • West Tawakoni
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Clinton is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Weiland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Weiland is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
    • Dixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dixon is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Merit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Hooker Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
    • East Tawakoni
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Flats
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Flats is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
    • Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Blackland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Blackland is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
    • Mobile City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Rockwall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Fate is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fate <1>
  • Van Zandt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Colquitt, with the one closest to Colquitt listed first.
    • Wills Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Myrtle Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
    • Edgewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Colquitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colquitt.

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 Colquitt - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colquitt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Chisholm Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • New Oakwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Terrell.
    • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Oakwood Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5698 <2>
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Barrow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Longhorn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • S E Terrell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • State Hospital Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (221 more) ...
    • Highland Memorial Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Peck Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Spring Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Chisholm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
  • Lawrence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
  • Terrell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Poetry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
  • Forney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Blackland is located in Rockwall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
  • Heath
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Heath is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
  • Rockwall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fate
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fate is located in Rockwall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fate
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fate <1>
  • Crandall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Royse City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • New Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Millwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Millwood is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
    • Kaufman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Colquitt ...

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 220 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colquitt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colquitt, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colquitt.

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 Colquitt:

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 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.
<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 Colquitt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Colquitt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.