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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 Delba (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 Delba. 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 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 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.

Delba is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.

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

  • Fannin County     (The home county of Delba)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Trenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leonard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Orangeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Orangeville is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
    • Randolph
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitewright
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bailey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Edhube
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Edhube is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
    • Ector
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Savoy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Gober
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hail
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hail is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Frognot
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Frognot is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
    • Blue Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Westminster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sedalia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Sedalia is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Valdasta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Valdasta is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
    • Altoga
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Altoga is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
    • Anna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Anna is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
    • Farmersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mantua ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Mantua is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
    • Van Alstyne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Melissa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Princeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Jot-Em-Down
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
      • Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
      • Mohegan
      • Muddig Prairie
    • Needmore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Needmore is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Pecan Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Pilot Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
    • Cannon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cannon is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Kentucky Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
    • Tom Bean
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiterock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiterock is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
    • Bells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bells is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <1>
    • Ida
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ida is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
    • Howe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Howe is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,390 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <1>
    • Luella
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Luella is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
    • Tribune
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tribune is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
    • Dorchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Gunter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Celeste
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Merit
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kingston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingston is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • White Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • White Rock is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Wolfe City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Aberfoyle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
    • Jacobia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacobia is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
    • Clinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Clinton is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • South Sulphur
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
    • Greenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairlie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairlie is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
    • Neylandville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Rockwall County
    • Fate
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Fate is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fate <1>
  • Bryan County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delba, with the one closest to Delba listed first.
    • Hendrix
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Kemp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Kemp is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <1>
    • Yarnaby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
    • Yuba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba

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

Cemeteries Near Delba ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delba.

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

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

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

  • Fuller Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Indian Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Shady Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Desert Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Richard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard Cemetery
    • The Richard Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Richards Cemetery
  • Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Burns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Browning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Grounds Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (317 more) ...
    • Lane Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Canon Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Canon Family Cemetery is located
    • Old Pilot Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Delba had a population of 410 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Nobility
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Nobility is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobility
  • Pike
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pike is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
  • Trenton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Leonard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Blue Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lane is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Pilot Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
  • Orangeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Orangeville is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
  • Fayburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fayburg is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayburg
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sedalia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sedalia is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
  • Celeste
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Cannon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cannon is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Verona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Verona is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Whitewright
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Delba ...

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 Delba.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delba, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delba.

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 Delba:

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 Delba, 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- Delba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.