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 Cross Road (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 Cross Road. 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.
Name Variations for Cross Road ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cross Road: Cross Rd.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cross Road. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cross Road.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cross Road is located in Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.
Below are the counties that are near Cross Road. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cross Road:
- Red River County (The home county of Cross Road)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Detroit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bagwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Addielou
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Addielou is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
- Kanawha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Clarksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Silver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bogata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Halesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Albion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Lake Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Enloe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- Hagansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Sulphur Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nelta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Tira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Blossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Novice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Novice is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
- Sylvan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Sun Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pattonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Reno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
- Deport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clardy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Hinckley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hinckley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Camp Maxey ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Camp Maxey is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Maxey
- Titus County
- Talco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Frogville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Towson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sawyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Swink
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hugo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- Virgil
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Virgil is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Apple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Apple is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Spencerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Valliant
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Slim is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim
- Idabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <1>
- Wright City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rufe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cross Road, see our County-by-County Page for Cross Road.
Cemeteries Near Cross Road ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cross Road.
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 Cross Road - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cross Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Red Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Detroit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Longstreet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holt Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Blossom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4319 <3>
- Knights of Honor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Detroit.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4833 <3>
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Cross Road in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cross Road.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cross Road, with the one closest to Cross Road listed first.
- Detroit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bagwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Sylvan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Pattonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulbright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Reno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Kanawha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Deport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jennings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Givens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Givens is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Clarksville
(14 miles [22.5 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 Cross Road. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cross Road.
Newspapers Published in Cross Road ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross Road.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cross Road, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cross Road.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Cross Road:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delta County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Titus County
- Choctaw County
- McCurtain 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Road) 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 Cross Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |