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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 Gladys (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 Gladys. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Gladys is located in Montague County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montague County: Jefferson (OK), Love (OK), Clay, Cooke, Jack & Wise.

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

  • Montague County     (The home county of Gladys)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Hardy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Hardy is located in Montague County
    • Saint Jo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Jo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
      • Saint Jo is located in Montague County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <2>
    • Dye
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
      • Dye is located in Montague County
    • Forestburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bonita
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Bonita is located in Montague County
    • New Harp
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harp
      • New Harp is located in Montague County
    • Montague
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Salona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
      • Salona is located in Montague County
    • Nocona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fruitland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Montague County
    • Illinois Bend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
      • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
    • Sunset
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Bowie is located in Montague County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <2>
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Bellevue is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <2>
    • Newport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Newport is located in Clay County
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Muenster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
      • Hood is located in Cooke County
    • Rosston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Myra
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Marysville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Marysville is located in Cooke County
    • Era
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lindsay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gainesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
      • Gainesville is located in Cooke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <2>
    • Valley View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Valley View is located in Cooke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 865 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley View <2>
    • Custer City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
      • Custer City is located in Cooke County
    • Oak Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
    • Hemming
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
    • Burns City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Bolivar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
      • Bolivar is located in Denton County
    • Sanger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanger
      • Sanger is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,133 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanger <2>
    • Stony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony
      • Stony is located in Denton County
    • Krum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum
      • Krum is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krum <2>
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Slidell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Alvord
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvord have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvord
      • Alvord is located in Wise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvord <2>
    • Park Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Springs
      • Park Springs is located in Wise County
    • Decatur
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Chico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Fleetwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fleetwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Oscar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grady
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
    • Terral
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terral have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
      • Terral is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <2>
  • Love County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
    • Leon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Love County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <2>
    • Jimtown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
      • Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
    • Burneyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Thackerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackerville
      • Thackerville is located in Love County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thackerville <2>
    • Orr
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Orr is located in Love County (OK)

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

Cemeteries Near Gladys ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gladys.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Antioch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hardy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McGrady Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGrady Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGrady Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dye Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dye Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forestburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forestburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forestburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Traylor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Traylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Traylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mallard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mallard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mallard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bewley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bewley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bewley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (131 more) ...
    • Starkey Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starkey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starkey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Reed Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

While we didn't find Gladys in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gladys.

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

  • Hardy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Hardy is located in Montague County
  • Saint Jo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Jo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
    • Saint Jo is located in Montague County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <2>
  • Dye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Dye is located in Montague County
  • Forestburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Muenster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rosston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Hood is located in Cooke County
  • Bonita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Bonita is located in Montague County
  • Myra
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Montague
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Salona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
    • Salona is located in Montague County
  • Marysville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Cooke County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Era
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lindsay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Gladys ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gladys.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gladys, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gladys.

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 either 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 Gladys:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gladys. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 Gladys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gladys) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gladys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6176, Longitude: -97.5167       In this case, the coordinates for Gladys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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