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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 Cool (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 Cool. 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 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.

Cool is located in Parker 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 Parker County: Erath, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Tarrant & Wise.

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

  • Parker County     (The home county of Cool)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Millsap
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Authon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Authon is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
    • Lemley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Lemley is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
    • Adell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Adell is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
    • Greenwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Peaster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brock is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Whitt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Weatherford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dennis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Poolville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Agnes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Agnes is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
    • Carter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Carter is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Erath County
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Lipan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Oak Trail Shores
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Trail Shores is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail Shores
    • Brazos Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Granbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tolar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cresson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Acton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Gibtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gibtown is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibtown
    • Perrin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Westbrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Wizard Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Wizard Wells is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wizard Wells
    • Jacksboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Palo Pinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Wolters Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolters Village is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolters Village
    • Mineral Wells
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Salesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
    • Brazos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
    • Graford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Palo Pinto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Santo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mingus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,586 people
    • Pelican Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pelican Bay is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Bay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cool, with the one closest to Cool listed first.
    • Boonsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Boonsville is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsville
    • Runaway Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Bridgeport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake Bridgeport is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 405 people
    • Briar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Paradise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Cool ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cool.

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

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

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

  • Old Millsap Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ballew Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Authon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fondren Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Staggs Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dominicar Merlo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • County Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Woodland Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Willow Pond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Goen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (130 more) ...
    • Lemley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pollard Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Brashears Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Garner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Garner is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
  • Millsap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mineral Wells
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Authon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Authon is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
  • Lemley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lemley is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
  • Adell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Adell is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
  • Salesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
  • Brock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brock is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
  • Peaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Brazos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Weatherford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Poolville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oran
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Oran is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Buckner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckner is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner

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

Newspapers Published in Cool ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cool.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cool, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cool.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cool:

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 Cool, 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- Cool) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.