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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 Flagg (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 Flagg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Flagg is located in Castro 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 Castro County: Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall & Swisher.

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

  • Castro County     (The home county of Flagg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagg, with the one closest to Flagg listed first.
    • Dimmitt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Hart is located in Castro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <1>
    • Nazareth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
      • Summerfield is located in Castro County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerfield <1>
  • Bailey County
    • Muleshoe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muleshoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
      • Muleshoe is located in Bailey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muleshoe <1>
  • Deaf Smith County
    • Hereford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Hale County
    • Edmonson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmonson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonson
      • Edmonson is located in Hale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonson <1>
  • Lamb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagg, with the one closest to Flagg listed first.
    • Earth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earth
      • Earth is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earth <1>
    • Springlake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlake
      • Springlake is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springlake <1>
    • Olton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sudan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
      • Sudan is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sudan <1>
    • Amherst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fieldton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldton
      • Fieldton is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fieldton <1>
  • Parmer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flagg, with the one closest to Flagg listed first.
    • Lazbuddie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Friona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friona
      • Friona is located in Parmer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friona <1>
    • Bovina
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
      • Bovina is located in Parmer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovina <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Flagg ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flagg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flagg, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flagg.

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 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 Flagg:

Cemeteries Near Flagg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flagg.

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

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

  • Flagg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Castro Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Westlawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lazbuddie Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lazbuddie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lazbuddie Cemetery
  • Springlake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springlake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springlake Cemetery
  • Earth Memorial Perpetual Care Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
  • Hart Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bailey County Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Olton Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olton Cemetery
  • Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sudan Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sudan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sudan Cemetery
    • West Park Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lariat Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lariat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lariat 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>

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

  • Dimmitt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flagg. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flagg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flagg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4262, Longitude: -102.4099       In this case, the coordinates for Flagg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Flagg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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