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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 Freemound (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 Freemound. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Freemound is located in Cooke 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 Cooke County: Love (OK), Denton, Grayson, Montague & Wise.

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

  • Cooke County     (The home county of Freemound)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freemound, with the one closest to Freemound listed first.
    • Rosston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hood is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Muenster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Myra
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Era
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lindsay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Marysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Marysville is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Valley View
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gainesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hemming
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
    • Burns City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
    • Custer City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Custer City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freemound, with the one closest to Freemound listed first.
    • Bolivar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bolivar is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Sanger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Stony is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
    • Krum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Krum is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <1>
    • Ponder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Denton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Quakertown ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Quakertown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
  • Montague County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freemound, with the one closest to Freemound listed first.
    • Hardy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hardy is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Forestburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dye
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Dye is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Saint Jo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • New Harp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Harp is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harp
    • Bonita
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonita is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Montague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Salona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Salona is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
    • Sunset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruitland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fruitland is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Nocona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bowie is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <1>
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freemound, with the one closest to Freemound listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Slidell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alvord
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Park Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Park Springs is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Springs
    • Decatur
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chico
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Herman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
    • Bridgeport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Fairview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Paradise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County (OK)
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Love County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Freemound, with the one closest to Freemound listed first.
    • Jimtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Leon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Leon is located in Love County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
    • Thackerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Burneyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Freemound ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freemound.

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 Freemound - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freemound covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Hardy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Traylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bewley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Forestburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • McGrady Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dye Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Park Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cogburn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rush Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (138 more) ...
    • Moss Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mallard Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Freemound in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freemound.

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

  • Hardy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardy is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
  • Forestburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hood is located in Cooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • Muenster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dye
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dye is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
  • Saint Jo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Myra
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Era
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Slidell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bonita
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonita is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lindsay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Montague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Salona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Salona is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona

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

Newspapers Published in Freemound ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freemound.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freemound, 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 Freemound.

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 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 Freemound:

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>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 Freemound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Freemound) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.