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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 Dingerville (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 Dingerville. 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 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.

Dingerville is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Robertson & Walker.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Dingerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Midway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Madisonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • George
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • North Zulch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • Brazos County
    • Edge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Bedias
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Iola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Austonio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
    • Cooper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Porter Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Antioch ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Antioch is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
    • Lovelady
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Crockett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Holly is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Middleton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Leona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
    • Centerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Normangee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Flynn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Wealthy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Russell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jewett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marquez
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Robertson County
    • Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Mill Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mill Town is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
    • Trinity
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dingerville, with the one closest to Dingerville listed first.
    • Kittrell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Kittrell is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
    • Wesley Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
    • Huntsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Dingerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dingerville.

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

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

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

  • Alphin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tan Yard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Spillerville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenbriar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Larrison Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bozeman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Midway Southside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Burrows Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Holleman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • Durst Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogers Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Park Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

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

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

  • Midway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Connor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Connor is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
  • Middleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Middleton is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
  • Madisonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Leona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Guys Store
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Guys Store is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
  • Ash
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ash is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Centerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Zulch ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Zulch is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • Porter Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Russell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Bedias
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lovelady
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Dingerville ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dingerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dingerville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dingerville.

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 Dingerville:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dingerville) 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 Dingerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.