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 Garland (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 Garland. 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 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.
Garland is located in Bowie 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 Bowie County: Little River (AR), Miller (AR), McCurtain (OK), Cass, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Garland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garland:
- Bowie County (The home county of Garland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- De Kalb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dalby Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- New Boston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Simms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Bassett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Carbondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Hooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Victory City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Bryans Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Marietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Douglassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Naples
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
- Omaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rocky Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Avery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boxelder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- English
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Annona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cuthand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Clarksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Acworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Acworth is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Sherry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bagwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Cookville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Talco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Foreman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Winthrop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cerrogordo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cerrogordo is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Alleene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Haworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Idabel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garland, see our County-by-County Page for Garland.
Cemeteries Near Garland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garland.
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 Garland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Garland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- De Kalb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wooten Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dillard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Nevill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Honeycutt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shawnee Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Garland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garland, with the one closest to Garland listed first.
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- De Kalb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lydia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lydia is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Malta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Malta is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Dalby Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Woodstock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- English
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Simms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Annona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bassett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wilkinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkinson is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Whaley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whaley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Rocky Comfort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Comfort is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garland.
Newspapers Published in Garland ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garland.
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 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 Garland:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bowie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Morris County
- Red River County
- Titus County
- Little River County
- McCurtain 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 Garland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Garland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |