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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fort Phantom Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fort Phantom Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Phantom Hill, please Contact Us.
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 Phantom Hill (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 Phantom Hill. 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 Phantom Hill ...
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 Phantom Hill: Ft. Phantom Hill
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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Fort Phantom Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Jones 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 Jones County: Callahan, Fisher, Haskell, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Phantom Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Phantom Hill:
- Jones County (The home county of Fort Phantom Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Hawley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Funston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Funston is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
- Lueders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stith is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stith
- Radium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Tuxedo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tuxedo is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
- Callahan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eula is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eula
- Baird
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Denton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Denton is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Denton has also been known as:
- Denton Valley
- Belle Plain ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
- Haskell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Stamford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Shackelford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Hamby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamby is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby
- Impact
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Impact is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Abilene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potosi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Potosi is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Merkel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Buffalo Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Trent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tuscola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Phantom Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Phantom Hill.
Cemeteries Near Fort Phantom Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Phantom Hill.
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 Phantom Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fort Phantom Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Phantom Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Round Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mid Way Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lueders Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Elm Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Little Elm Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Truby Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Abilene State Hospital Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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.
While we didn't find Fort Phantom Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Phantom Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Phantom Hill, with the one closest to Fort Phantom Hill listed first.
- Phantom Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
- Abilene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Elmdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elmdale is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Anson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Merkel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baird
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Neinda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neinda is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
- Trent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Plain ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Phantom Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Phantom Hill.
Newspapers Published in Fort Phantom Hill ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Phantom Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Phantom Hill, 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 Fort Phantom Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fort Phantom Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Callahan County
- Haskell County
- Shackelford County
- Taylor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Phantom Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Fort Phantom Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |