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 Ford (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 Ford. 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 Ford ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eagle Ford: Eagle Frd.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Eagle Ford is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Ford:
- Dallas County (The home county of Eagle Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Cockrell Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jim Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Town is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Jim Town has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Jimtown Junction ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown Junction is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Junction
- Jimtown Junction has also been known as:
- Jim Town Junction
- Oak Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Dallas
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Irving
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Grand Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- University Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sargent is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Estelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Carrollton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Plano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sachse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frisco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Lucas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Wylie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rockhill is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Southlake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Flower Mound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Double Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trophy Club
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Bartonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Oak Leaf
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Red Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Britton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Britton is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
- Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midlothian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
- Sterrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sterrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
- Sardis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sardis is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Waxahachie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ike is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
- Palmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Venus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Lillian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Briaroaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Burleson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Forney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Heath
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crandall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Talty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Rockwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mobile City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- McLendon - Chisholm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- University Park Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dalworthington Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pantego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bransford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bransford is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- North Richland Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Richland Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Ford.
Cemeteries Near Eagle Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Ford.
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 Eagle Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cockrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fugitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas - Ft. Worth National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dallas City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sowers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Cliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dallas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3940 <2>
- Emanu-El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanu-El Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Emanu-El Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dallas.
- The Emanu-El Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emanuel Cemetery
- Temple Emanu-El Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3433 <2>
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Garvin Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Hill Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Eagle Ford had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle Ford, with the one closest to Eagle Ford listed first.
- Oak Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
- Dallas
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grand Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sowers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sowers is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Estelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Estelle is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Duncanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Farmers Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rawlins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Reinhardt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
- Trinity Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- DeSoto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coppell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Ford.
Newspapers Published in Eagle Ford ...
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 289 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Ford, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Eagle Ford:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Johnson County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Eagle Ford, 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' (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- Eagle Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |