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 Fall Creek (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 Fall Creek. 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 Fall Creek ...
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 Fall Creek: Fall Crk. (or less commonly used: Fall Ck. or Fall Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fall Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fall Creek.
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 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 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.
Fall Creek 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 Fall Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fall Creek:
- Hood County (The home county of Fall Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek 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
(5 miles [8 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Kopperl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morgan
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Erath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Blum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huron ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Godley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Coyote Flats
(21 miles [33.8 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
- 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Nemo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rainbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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 Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Saint Francis Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- 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)
- Rendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rendon is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
- Retta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Retta is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
- 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 Fall Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Fall Creek.
Cemeteries Near Fall Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fall Creek.
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 Fall Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fall Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek 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)
- Lone Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Godley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Unity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cresson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Granbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granbury Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Granbury Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Granbury.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3884 <2>
- Hopewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Brushy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Squaw Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oldham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Fall Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fall Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fall Creek, with the one closest to Fall Creek listed first.
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Spunky
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
- Georges Creek
(7 miles [11.3 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)
- Chapin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chapin is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bono is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- 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 (15 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 Fall Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fall Creek.
Newspapers Published in Fall Creek ...
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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fall Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fall Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fall Creek.
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 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 Fall Creek:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bosque County
- Erath County
- Hill County
- Johnson County
- Parker County
- Somervell 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fall Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fall Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |