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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 El Tesoro (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 El Tesoro. 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 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.

El Tesoro is located in Hood 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 Hood County: Erath, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker & Somervell.

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

  • Hood County     (The home county of El Tesoro)
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Pecan Plantation
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Plantation is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Plantation
    • DeCordova
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • DeCordova is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
    • Acton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Spunky
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
    • Cresson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Brazos Bend
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Granbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oak Trail Shores
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Trail Shores is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail Shores
    • Hill City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hill City is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
    • Tolar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Paluxy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lipan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Eulogy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Eulogy is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
    • Kimball
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kimball is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Kopperl
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Morgan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lakeside Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Iredell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Erath County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Bluff Dale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Chalk Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chalk Mountain is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Mountain
    • Duffau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Duffau is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffau
    • Morgan Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Blum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Covington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Huron ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Huron is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Godley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bono
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bono is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Cleburne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Joshua
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Keene
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Keene is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
    • Cross Timber
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Rio Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Coyote Flats
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Egan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Briaroaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Burleson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crowley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Annetta South
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Annetta South is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta South
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
    • Aledo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Annetta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Annetta is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,319 people
    • Annetta North
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Annetta North is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta North
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
    • Dennis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hudson Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Willow Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Brock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Brock is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Weatherford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Dicey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dicey is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
  • Somervell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Nemo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rainbow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Rose
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Glass
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glass is located in Somervell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Tesoro, with the one closest to El Tesoro listed first.
    • Primrose
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Primrose is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
    • Saint Francis Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Benbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Wedgewood East
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wedgewood East is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood East
    • Edgecliff Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
    • Everman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Retta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Retta is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
    • Rendon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
    • Westover Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Westover Hills is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
    • White Settlement
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Westworth Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Westworth Village is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westworth Village

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

Cemeteries Near El Tesoro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Tesoro.

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 El Tesoro - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Kristenstad Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Ft. Spunky Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Acton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elm Flat Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mitchell Bend Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Cottonwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Godley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Unity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cresson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Squaw Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Bethany Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...
    • Granbury Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oldham Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brushy Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Fort Spunky
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
  • Acton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Georges Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Georges Creek is located in Somervell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
  • Godley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cresson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Granbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bono
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bono is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
  • Chapin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Chapin is located in Hood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
  • Thorp Spring
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thorp Spring is located in Hood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorp Spring
  • Glen Rose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brazos Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brazos Point is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Point
  • Freeland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Freeland is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Eulogy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Eulogy is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
    • Cleburne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tolar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in El Tesoro ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Tesoro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Tesoro, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Tesoro.

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 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 El Tesoro:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- El Tesoro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 El Tesoro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.