Our Genealogy Helper

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 Eagle Flat (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 Eagle Flat. 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 Eagle Flat ...

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 Eagle Flat: Eagle Flt.

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 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.

Eagle Flat is located in Hudspeth 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 Hudspeth County: Otero (NM), Culberson, El Paso & Jeff Davis.

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

• Hudspeth County     (The home county of Eagle Flat)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Flat, with the one closest to Eagle Flat listed first.
  • Arispe ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arispe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
    • Arispe is located in Hudspeth County
  • Sierra Blanca
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sierra Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Blanca
    • Sierra Blanca is located in Hudspeth County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sierra Blanca <2>
  • Etholen ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etholen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etholen
    • Etholen is located in Hudspeth County
  • Fort Quitman ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Quitman
    • Fort Quitman is located in Hudspeth County
• Culberson County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Flat, with the one closest to Eagle Flat listed first.
  • Van Horn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horn
    • Van Horn is located in Culberson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Horn <2>
  • Lobo ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
    • Lobo is located in Culberson County

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Eagle Flat:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Hudspeth County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Culberson County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Hudspeth County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas

Cemeteries Near Eagle Flat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Flat.

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

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

• Buffalo Soldiers Graves
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • The Buffalo Soldiers Graves has also been known as:
  • Indian Hot Springs Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Soldiers Graves
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484600 <3>
• Quitman Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quitman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quitman Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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