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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 Edith (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 Edith. 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 and hospitals 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.

Edith is located in Coke 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 Coke County: Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Sterling & Tom Green.

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

  • Coke County     (The home county of Edith)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Robert Lee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sanco ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Sanco is located in Coke County
    • Silver ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bronte
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
      • Bronte is located in Coke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <1>
    • Blackwell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
      • Blackwell is located in Coke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackwell <1>
    • Tennyson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nolan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Maryneal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryneal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryneal
      • Maryneal is located in Nolan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryneal <1>
    • Hylton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hylton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
      • Hylton is located in Nolan County
  • Runnels County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Maverick ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maverick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Maverick is located in Runnels County
    • Norton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Norton is located in Runnels County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <1>
    • Wingate
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sterling County
    • Sterling City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
      • Sterling City is located in Sterling County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling City <1>
  • Tom Green County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Water Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
      • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <1>
    • Carlsbad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
      • Carlsbad is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <1>
    • Grape Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
      • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
    • Orient
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Orient is located in Tom Green County

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

Newspapers Published in Edith ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edith.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edith, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edith.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Edith:

Cemeteries Near Edith ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edith.

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

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

  • Paint Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paint Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paint Creek Cemetery
  • Robert Lee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
  • Indian Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Creek Cemetery
  • Hayrick Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayrick Cemetery
  • McKenzie Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKenzie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKenzie Cemetery
  • Water Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ross Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
  • Montvale Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montvale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montvale Cemetery
  • Grape Creek Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Mule Creek Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mule Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mule Creek Cemetery
    • Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Chadbourne Cemetery
    • Blackwell Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackwell Cemetery

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Edith had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Robert Lee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sanco ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
    • Sanco is located in Coke County
  • Silver ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Water Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <1>
  • Bronte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
    • Bronte is located in Coke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <1>
  • Fort Chadbourne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Chadbourne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
    • Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
  • Sterling City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
    • Sterling City is located in Sterling County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling City <1>
  • Maverick ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maverick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
    • Maverick is located in Runnels County
  • Hylton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hylton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
    • Hylton is located in Nolan County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>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- Edith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9022, Longitude: -100.6074    
<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>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 Edith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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