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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 Dimple (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 Dimple. 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.

Dimple 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 Dimple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dimple:

  • Red River County     (The home county of Dimple)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dimple, with the one closest to Dimple listed first.
    • Bagwell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Acworth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Acworth is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
    • Greenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenwood is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Silver City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Albion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Albion is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Addielou
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Addielou is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
    • Sherry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Sherry is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
    • Liberty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Detroit
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Annona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • English
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • English is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Bowie County
    • De Kalb
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin County
    • Hagansport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dimple, with the one closest to Dimple listed first.
    • Pin Hook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
    • Blossom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Novice
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Novice is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
    • Deport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sun Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Sylvan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sylvan is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Amherst
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Amherst is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
    • Reno
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Clardy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clardy is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
    • Cunningham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Midcity
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Midcity is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midcity
      • Midcity has also been known as:
      • Trout Spur
      • Trout
  • Titus County
    • Talco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dimple, with the one closest to Dimple listed first.
    • Frogville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
    • Swink
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Fort Towson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawyer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <1>
    • Grant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Virgil
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Virgil is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
  • McCurtain County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dimple, with the one closest to Dimple listed first.
    • Millerton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Garvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Garvin is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garvin <1>
    • Idabel
      (18 miles [29 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>
    • Valliant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Valliant is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valliant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valliant <1>
    • Holly Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
    • Wright City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Golden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Haworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Haworth is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haworth <1>
    • Slim
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Slim is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim
    • Rufe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Broken Bow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Dimple ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dimple.

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

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

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

  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stone Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Tuggle Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Free Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Blanton Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shamrock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitemans Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Haywood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New Shamrock Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairgrounds Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Bagwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Madras
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Madras is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
  • Clarksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Manchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Manchester is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Albion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Albion is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
  • Detroit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Annona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • English
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • English is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Woodland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodland is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Kanawha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kanawha is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
  • Fulbright
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fulbright is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
  • Rosalie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rosalie is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cuthand
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cuthand is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
    • Blossom
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bogata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bogata is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Dimple ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dimple.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dimple, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dimple.

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 helpful 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 Dimple:

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>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 Dimple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Dimple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.