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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 Dougherty (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 Dougherty. 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 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.

Dougherty is located in Rains 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 Rains County: Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt & Wood.

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

  • Rains County     (The home county of Dougherty)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Emory
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Flats
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Flats is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
    • East Tawakoni
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Hooker Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Klondike
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Needmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Needmore is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Cooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jot-Em-Down
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Winnsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Purley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Purley is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Bonanza
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Miller Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Divide
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Divide is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
    • Palestine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Palestine is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Brashear
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Tazewell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Cumby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rockdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Ridgeway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
    • Sulphur Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Como
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Como is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <1>
    • Black Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Peerless
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Peerless is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Lone Oak
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • West Tawakoni
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
    • Dixon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Campbell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Weiland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Weiland is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
    • Hawk Cove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Boles Home
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Boles Home is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
    • Commerce
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Neylandville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Quinlan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Greenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacobia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacobia is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
    • South Sulphur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Ables Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
    • Elmo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Poetry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
  • Smith County
    • Jamestown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Van Zandt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Edgewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Fruitvale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Grand Saline
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Wills Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Myrtle Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
    • Canton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
    • Van
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Van is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dougherty, with the one closest to Dougherty listed first.
    • Gunter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gunter is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
    • Yantis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Alba
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coke
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Coke is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
    • Golden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Forest Hill is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
    • Quitman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cartwright
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cartwright is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Mineola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Stout
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Stout is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Hainesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hainesville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville

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

Cemeteries Near Dougherty ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dougherty.

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

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

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

  • Daugherty Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Welch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Deaton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hill Pippin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Coats Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Prairie Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Parks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton Hill / Richmond Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Richland - Benton Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Proctor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (186 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.<3>

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

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

  • Emory
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Miller Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Divide
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Divide is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Lone Oak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Yantis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Tazewell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
  • Alba
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Reilly Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Reilly Springs is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Springs
  • Ridgeway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Sulphur Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dixon is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Campbell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wieland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Wieland is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
    • Edgewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Dougherty ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dougherty.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dougherty, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dougherty.

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 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 Dougherty:

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