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 Fort Parker (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 Fort Parker. 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 Fort Parker ...
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 Fort Parker: Ft. Parker
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Fort Parker is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, McLennan, Navarro & Robertson.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Parker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Parker:
- Limestone County (The home county of Fort Parker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Groesbeck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fallon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Mexia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Lost Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Ben Hur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Personville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Tehuacana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coolidge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Otto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stranger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stranger is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
- McClanahan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Cotton Gin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Teague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wortham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Freestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Kirvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Donie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Streetman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Lanely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lanely is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
- Turlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Mount Calm
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Penelope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Newby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newby is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marquez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McLennan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Mart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Battle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Hallsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Elk
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Riesel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Axtell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Leroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Pursley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pursley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
- Dawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richland is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Purdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Navarro Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Navarro Mills is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro Mills
- Silver City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Seale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seale is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
- Bald Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
- Bremond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Parker, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Parker.
Cemeteries Near Fort Parker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Parker.
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 Fort Parker - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Parker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Ft. Parker Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Parker Memorial Park
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ft. Parker Memorial Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Lewisville Cemetery
- Union Burial Ground
- Doyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Springfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Faulkenberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkenberry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Faulkenberry Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Groesbeck.
- Dancer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plummers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carroll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Phifer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pippin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honest Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Fort Parker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Parker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Parker, with the one closest to Fort Parker listed first.
- Groesbeck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Horn Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Prairie Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Mexia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Personville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Tehuacana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cotton Gin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oletha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oletha is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oletha
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wortham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Farrar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Parker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Parker.
Newspapers Published in Fort Parker ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Parker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Parker, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Parker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Fort Parker:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Falls County
- Freestone County
- Hill County
- Leon County
- McLennan County
- Navarro County
- Robertson 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fort Parker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Fort Parker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |