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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 Coolidge (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 Coolidge. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Coolidge is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, McLennan, Navarro & Robertson.

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

  • Limestone County     (The home county of Coolidge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Tehuacana
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Delia ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Delia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
    • Frosa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
    • Prairie Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mexia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <1>
    • Kirk
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Kirk is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Watt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Watt is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
    • Ben Hur
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Groesbeck
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fallon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Fallon is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
    • Thornton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Lost Prairie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
  • Ellis County
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Otto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McClanahan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • McClanahan is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
    • Stranger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Wortham
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Gin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kirvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Streetman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Teague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <1>
    • Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
    • Freestone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Winkler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Winkler is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Hubbard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Calm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Penelope
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Malone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Irene
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bynum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mertens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Abbott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Brandon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Mart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mart is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <1>
    • Elk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Elk is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
    • Battle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Battle is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
    • Hallsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
    • Axtell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Leroy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tours
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Tours is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
    • Harrison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrison is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Riesel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elm Mott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • West
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • West is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
    • Bellmead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coolidge, with the one closest to Coolidge listed first.
    • Dawson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Purdon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Pursley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pursley is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
    • Navarro Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Navarro Mills is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro Mills
    • Silver City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Richland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Richland is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Dresden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dresden is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
    • Oak Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Oak Valley is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
    • Angus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Angus is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
    • Mustang
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mustang is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Blooming Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Coolidge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coolidge.

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

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

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

  • Coolidge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Armour Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • New Armour Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Delia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Boardtree Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardtree Cemetery
    • The Boardtree Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union High Cemetery
  • Dover Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Honest Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pin Oak Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Prairie Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...
    • Dancer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Glade Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mexia City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mexia City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Mexia.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979262 <2>

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

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

  • Rodney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rodney is located in Navarro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
  • Tehuacana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Frosa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Frosa is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
  • Prairie Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dawson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hubbard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mexia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mexia is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <1>
  • Wortham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Kirk
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kirk is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
  • Horn Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
  • Spring Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Pursley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pursley is located in Navarro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Purdon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mount Calm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mart is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Coolidge ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coolidge.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Coolidge. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Coolidge and those printed in the larger area surrounding Coolidge.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Coolidge.

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 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 Coolidge:

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 Coolidge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coolidge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.