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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 Fords Prairie (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 Fords Prairie. 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 Fords Prairie ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Fords Prairie: Fords Pr.
  • While the name of this community is Fords Prairie, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fords Prairie may originally have been Ford's Prairie.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fords Prairie might be written as Ford Prairie.

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 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.

Fords Prairie is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee & Washington.

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

  • Fayette County     (The home county of Fords Prairie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Stellar
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stellar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
      • Stellar is located in Fayette County
    • Kirtley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
      • Kirtley is located in Fayette County
    • Cistern
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
      • Cistern is located in Fayette County
      • Former names for Cistern:
      • Cockrell's Hill
      • Milton
      • Whiteside's Prairie
    • Muldoon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldoon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldoon
      • Muldoon is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldoon <3>
    • West Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • West Point is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <3>
    • Plum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
      • Plum is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <3>
    • Hostyn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
      • Hostyn is located in Fayette County
    • Flatonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Freyburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freyburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Praha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • La Grange
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Engle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Kovar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
      • Kovar is located in Bastrop County
    • Togo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
      • Togo is located in Bastrop County
    • Smithville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
      • Smithville is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <3>
    • Rosanky
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Upton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Upton is located in Bastrop County
    • Jeddo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
    • Bastrop
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop
      • Bastrop is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bastrop <3>
    • Red Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bateman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
      • Bateman is located in Bastrop County
    • Phelan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
      • Phelan is located in Bastrop County
    • Camp Swift
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
      • Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
    • Paige
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paige have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paige
      • Paige is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paige <3>
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Delhi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Delhi is located in Caldwell County
    • Pettytown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
      • Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
    • Elm Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
      • Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
    • Taylorsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
      • Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
    • McMahan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMahan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
      • McMahan is located in Caldwell County
    • Dale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Dale is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <3>
    • Saint Johns Colony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johns Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
      • Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
    • Tilmon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilmon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
      • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
    • Brownsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
      • Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
    • Seawillow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seawillow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
    • McNeil
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
      • McNeil is located in Caldwell County
    • Lytton Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
      • Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Weimar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bielau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
    • Borden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Waelder
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
    • Harwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Moulton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Komensky
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Moravia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Breslau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fords Prairie, with the one closest to Fords Prairie listed first.
    • Serbin ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbin
      • Serbin is located in Lee County
    • Giddings
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Fedor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fedor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
      • Fedor is located in Lee County
    • Lincoln
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Fords Prairie ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fords Prairie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fords Prairie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fords Prairie.

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 Fords Prairie:

Cemeteries Near Fords Prairie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fords Prairie.

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

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

  • Grays Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grays Cemetery
  • Old Bartons Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Robbins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robbins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robbins Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6390 <5>
  • Psencik Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Psencik Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Psencik Cemetery
  • Colorado Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colorado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colorado Cemetery
  • Cistern Public Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cistern Public Cemetery is located in Cistern.
    • The Cistern Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cistern Cemetery
    • Nassau Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cistern Public Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1356394 <5>
  • St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Henson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
  • Woods Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Prairie Cemetery
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mt. Olive Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the east of La Grange.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5401 <5>
    • Plum Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plum Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plum Grove Cemetery
    • Young Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young 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.<7>

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

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

  • Stellar
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stellar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
    • Stellar is located in Fayette County
  • Cistern
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
    • Cistern is located in Fayette County
    • Former names for Cistern:
    • Cockrell's Hill
    • Milton
    • Whiteside's Prairie
  • Muldoon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldoon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldoon
    • Muldoon is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldoon <3>
  • Smithville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Smithville is located in Bastrop County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <3>
  • Colony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Colony is located in Fayette County
  • West Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • West Point is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <3>
  • Upton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Upton is located in Bastrop County
  • Jeddo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
  • Plum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
    • Plum is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <3>
  • Winchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Winchester is located in Fayette County
  • String Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for String Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
    • String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
  • Alum Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alum Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
    • Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • O'Quinn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Quinn
      • O'Quinn is located in Fayette County
    • Hills Prairie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
      • Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
    • Delhi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Delhi is located in Caldwell County

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

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

The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Fords Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fords Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8961, Longitude: -97.1603       In this case, the coordinates for Fords Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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 Fords Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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