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 Garden Acres (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 Garden Acres. 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 and hospitals 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.
Garden Acres is located in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County: Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker & Wise.
Below are the counties that are near Garden Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden Acres:
- Tarrant County (The home county of Garden Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Everman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rendon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rendon is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
- Edgecliff Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
- Retta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Retta is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
- Forest Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kennedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood East
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood East is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood East
- Primrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Primrose is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Saint Francis Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Benbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalworthington Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ovilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shamrock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shamrock is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Sowers ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sowers is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- DeSoto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cockrell Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Estelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Estelle is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Glenn Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eagle Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
- Grapevine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Southlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Trophy Club
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Marshall Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Mansfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Britton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Britton is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
- Venus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midlothian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Maypearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Oak Leaf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Red Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sterrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sterrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
- Boz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boz is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
- Waxahachie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hill County
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Cresson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Acton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- DeCordova
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- DeCordova is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
- Fort Spunky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
- Pecan Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Plantation is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Plantation
- Brazos Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Granbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Crowley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burleson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briaroaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Cross Timber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Egan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Egan is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Lillian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Joshua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alvarado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coyote Flats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Godley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cleburne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Aledo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Annetta South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Annetta South is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta South
- Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
- Annetta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Annetta is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,319 people
- Willow Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Annetta North
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Annetta North is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta North
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Azle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dicey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dicey is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
- Sanctuary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sanctuary is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Reno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
- Weatherford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Somervell County
- Nemo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wise County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Briar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Briar is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Garden Acres.
Cemeteries Near Garden Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden Acres.
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 Garden Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crowley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burleson Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Everman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Land Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Skyvue Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hudson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Grimsley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marystown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cahill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Garden Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden Acres, with the one closest to Garden Acres listed first.
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Crowley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rendon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rendon is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
- Burleson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Primrose is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Marystown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marystown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Egan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Egan is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Pleasant Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Mansfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Joshua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Handley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Handley is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Benbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Worth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden Acres.
Newspapers Published in Garden Acres ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden Acres, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garden Acres.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Garden Acres:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Tarrant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hill County
- Hood County
- Johnson County
- Parker County
- Somervell County
- Wise 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> | 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 Garden Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Garden Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |