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 Corinth (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 Corinth. 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.
Corinth is located in Montague 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 Montague County: Jefferson (OK), Love (OK), Clay, Cooke, Jack & Wise.
Below are the counties that are near Corinth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Corinth:
- Montague County (The home county of Corinth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Illinois Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Bonita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Spanish Fort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Saint Jo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rowland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Hynds City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hynds City is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
- Nocona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dye is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Montague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hardy is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Belcherville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belcherville is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
- Forestburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ringgold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cooke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Muenster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Myra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Rosston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Era
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coesfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coesfield is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Carter County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brock is located in Carter County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Healdton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Carter County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Jefferson County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Petersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Grady
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Oscar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fleetwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Cornish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cornish is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ringling
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Terral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ryan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <1>
- Sugden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugden is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Love County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Leon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jimtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Orr
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Orr is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Burneyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thackerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Overbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Corinth, see our County-by-County Page for Corinth.
Cemeteries Near Corinth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corinth.
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 Corinth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Corinth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Murrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bourland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Redbud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scanland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Leon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Courtney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Corinth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Corinth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
- Illinois Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Bonita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Spanish Fort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Saint Jo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Nocona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Muenster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dye is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
- Hardy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hardy is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Belcherville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Belcherville is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Myra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forestburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lindsay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Corinth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Corinth.
Newspapers Published in Corinth ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corinth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corinth, 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 Corinth.
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 helpful 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 Corinth:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Montague County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cooke County
- Carter County
- Jefferson County
- Love County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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 Corinth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Corinth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |