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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Della Plain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Della Plain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Della Plain, please Contact Us.

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 Della Plain (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 Della Plain. 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 Della Plain ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Della Plain: Della Pln.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Della Plain is historic, it would have been located within present day Floyd County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Floyd County: Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Hale, Lubbock, Motley & Swisher.

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

  • Floyd County     (The home county of Della Plain)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Della Plain, with the one closest to Della Plain listed first.
    • Floydada
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floydada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydada
      • Floydada is located in Floyd County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,654 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floydada <3>
    • Lockney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockney
      • Lockney is located in Floyd County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockney <3>
    • Cedar Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
      • Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County
    • South Plains
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sterley ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterley
      • Sterley is located in Floyd County
    • Aiken
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aiken have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
      • Aiken is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aiken <3>
    • Dougherty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray Mule ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray Mule have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Mule
      • Gray Mule is located in Floyd County
  • Briscoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Della Plain, with the one closest to Della Plain listed first.
    • Whitney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Briscoe County
    • Quitaque
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Silverton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Crosby County
  • Dickens County
    • McAdoo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAdoo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdoo
      • McAdoo is located in Dickens County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAdoo <3>
  • Hale County
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Della Plain, with the one closest to Della Plain listed first.
    • Becton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Heckville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heckville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckville
      • Heckville is located in Lubbock County
  • Motley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Della Plain, with the one closest to Della Plain listed first.
    • Flomot
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flomot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flomot
      • Flomot is located in Motley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flomot <3>
    • Matador
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matador have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matador
      • Matador is located in Motley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 605 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matador <3>
    • Roaring Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Springs
      • Roaring Springs is located in Motley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roaring Springs <3>
  • Swisher County

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

Cemeteries Near Della Plain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Della Plain.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Floydada Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floydada Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floydada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rushing Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rushing Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rushing Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antelope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antelope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cone Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keeter Graves
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keeter Graves
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keeter Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gray Mule Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gray Mule Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gray Mule Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Petersburg Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiteflat Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whiteflat Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whiteflat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plainview Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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.

Della Plain itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Della Plain ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Della Plain.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Della Plain. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Della Plain and those printed in the larger area surrounding Della Plain.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5> of Della Plain.

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 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 Della Plain:

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Della Plain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Della Plain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Della Plain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0670, Longitude: -101.3228    









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025