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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 Dalton (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 Dalton. 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 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.

Dalton is located in Denton 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 Denton County: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Grayson, Tarrant & Wise.

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

  • Denton County     (The home county of Dalton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Krum
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Krum is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <1>
    • Bolivar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bolivar is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Sanger
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Denton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Quakertown ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Quakertown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
    • Ponder
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Stony
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
    • Aubrey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Krugerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Krugerville is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krugerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
    • Argyle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • DISH
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • DISH is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DISH
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
    • Corral City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Corral City is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Corinth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Celina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Prosper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rockhill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Frisco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hebron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Rhea Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Rhea Mills is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Mills
    • Carrollton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Hemming
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
    • Valley View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Era
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bloomfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Burns City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
    • Hood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hood is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Rosston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Gainesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Kiowa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lindsay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Myra
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Oak Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
    • Muenster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Lewisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grapevine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Coppell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Tioga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tioga is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tioga <1>
    • Collinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ethel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ethel is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Gunter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Whitesboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Montague County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • New Harp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • New Harp is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harp
    • Forestburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hardy is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Haslet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Keller
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bransford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Pecan Acres
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Acres is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Acres
    • Colleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
    • Smithfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Watauga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • North Richland Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dalton, with the one closest to Dalton listed first.
    • Slidell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bluett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Greenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • New Fairview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Herman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
    • Rhome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Decatur
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Aurora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyd
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Newark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Briar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Alvord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Paradise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Dalton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dalton.

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

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

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

  • Duck Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Krum Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Trietsch Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sanger Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Knox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Roselawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roselawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Denton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6476 <2>
  • Davis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregory Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stony Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (138 more) ...
    • Argyle Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tyson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Akain Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Krum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Krum is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <1>
  • Bolivar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolivar is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
  • Sanger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Denton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mingo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mingo is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
  • Stony
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stony is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
  • Slidell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Argyle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Aubrey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Corinth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley View
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Drop
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Drop is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Era
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Justin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pilot Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Dalton ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dalton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dalton, 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 Dalton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Dalton:

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 Dalton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dalton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.