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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 Dixon (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 Dixon. 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.

Dixon is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.

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

  • Hunt County     (The home county of Dixon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Weiland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <2>
    • Greenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
      • Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <2>
    • Neylandville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neylandville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
      • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neylandville
      • From Dixon to Neylandville
    • Boles Home
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacobia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • West Tawakoni
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
      • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
    • Quinlan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
      • Quinlan is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinlan <2>
    • Caddo Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caddo Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Mills
      • Caddo Mills is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo Mills <2>
    • Clinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hendrix
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hawk Cove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
      • Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Josephine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
      • Josephine is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Josephine <2>
    • Royse City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Farmersville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
      • Farmersville is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,711 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmersville <2>
    • Nevada
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Copeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeville
      • Copeville is located in Collin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copeville <2>
    • Lavon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavon
      • Lavon is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavon <2>
    • Frognot
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Princeton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <2>
    • Wylie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wylie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <2>
    • Valdasta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lowry Crossing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Paul
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
  • Delta County
  • Fannin County
  • Hopkins County
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Ables Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Poetry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poetry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
      • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Poetry
      • From Dixon to Poetry
    • Elmo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
      • Elmo is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <2>
    • Terrell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • College Mound
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
    • Lawrence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
    • Heath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <2>
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Hooker Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • East Tawakoni
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Flats
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Emory
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Fate
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mobile City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLendon - Chisholm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Rockwall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwall
      • Rockwall is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,415 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwall <2>
  • Van Zandt County
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dixon, with the one closest to Dixon listed first.
    • Gunter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
      • Gunter is located in Wood County
    • Yantis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yantis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantis
      • Yantis is located in Wood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yantis <2>
    • Alba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Dixon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dixon.

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 Dixon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Etter Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Etter Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Etter Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sullivan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sullivan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memoryland Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memoryland Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memoryland Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weiland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weiland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weiland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wieland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Boyle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (228 more) ...
    • Hart Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Williams Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dixon had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Wieland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wieland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
    • Wieland is located in Hunt County
  • Campbell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Campbell is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <2>
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
    • Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <2>
  • Neylandville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neylandville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
    • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Neylandville
    • From Dixon to Neylandville
  • Jacobia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kellogg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Kellogg is located in Hunt County
  • Clinton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Caddo Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caddo Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Mills
    • Caddo Mills is located in Hunt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo Mills <2>
  • Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Miller Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • South Sulphur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wagner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
      • Wagner is located in Hunt County
    • Floyd
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
      • Floyd is located in Hunt County
    • White Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Dixon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dixon.

Newspapers Published in Dixon ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dixon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dixon, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dixon.

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 Dixon:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dixon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunt County: www.huntcounty.net

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Dixon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dixon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0692, Longitude: -96.0270    
<6>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 Dixon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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