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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 Crosbyton (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 Crosbyton. 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 doctors and 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.

Crosbyton is located in Crosby County and is the County Seat.

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 Crosby County: Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Motley.

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

  • Crosby County     (The home county of Crosbyton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosbyton, with the one closest to Crosbyton listed first.
    • Owens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Owens is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
    • Ralls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Savage ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Savage is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
    • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
    • Cone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cap Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
    • Farmer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Farmer is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Canyon Valley is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
    • Lorenzo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Estacado ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Estacado is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estacado
  • Dickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosbyton, with the one closest to Crosbyton listed first.
    • McAdoo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Spur
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Spur is located in Dickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <1>
    • Afton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosbyton, with the one closest to Crosbyton listed first.
    • Dougherty
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Floydada
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Della Plain ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain
  • Garza County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosbyton, with the one closest to Crosbyton listed first.
    • Verbena ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Verbena is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Southland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Southland is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
  • Hale County
    • Petersburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosbyton, with the one closest to Crosbyton listed first.
    • Becton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Becton is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becton
    • Heckville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
    • Idalou
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Ransom Canyon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Slaton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Buffalo Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Canyon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Canyon is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Kitalou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Kitalou is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitalou
    • Posey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Posey is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
  • Motley County
    • Roaring Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Crosbyton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crosbyton.

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

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

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

  • Crosbyton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosbyton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crosbyton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Crosbyton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3122 <3>
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Crosbyton.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crosbyton Colored Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #969411 <3>
  • Ralls Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralls Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ralls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ralls.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #229638 <3>
  • Emma Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emma Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Ralls.
    • The Emma Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Emma Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172063 <3>
  • McAdoo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cone Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lorenzo Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lorenzo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Lorenzo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4943 <3>
  • West Side Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Side Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Lorenzo.
    • The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mount Pleasant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4942 <3>
  • Espuela Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Estacado Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Idalou Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Dickens Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Amity Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Mount Blanco ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Blanco is located in Crosby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Blanco
  • Cone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Estacado ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Estacado is located in Crosby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estacado
  • Floydada
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Della Plain ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Della Plain is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Della Plain

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Crosbyton ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crosbyton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Crosbyton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Crosbyton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Crosbyton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Crosbyton.

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 websites either 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 Crosbyton:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crosbyton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Crosbyton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.