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 Goodnight (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 Goodnight. 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.
Goodnight is located in Navarro 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 Navarro County: Anderson, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill & Limestone.
Below are the counties that are near Goodnight. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodnight:
- Navarro County (The home county of Goodnight)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Goodlow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Kerens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bazette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Elm Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Powell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Mildred
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Roane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roane is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roane
- Navarro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Navarro is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Chatfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mustang
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mustang is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Tupelo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tupelo is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo
- Angus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Cayuga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Greens Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
- Yard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yard is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
- Blackfoot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Ward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Bois d'Arc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Massey Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
- Tennessee Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montalba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Telico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Telico is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
- Ennis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Winkler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Streetman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Kirvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wortham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Trinidad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Star Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Malakoff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caney City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Tool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Log Cabin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Payne Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Gun Barrel City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Points
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eustace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Mabank
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tolosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Styx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Stubbs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Kemp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Prairieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Becker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- Grays Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Cottonwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Rosser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Scurry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Van Zandt County
- Tundra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodnight, see our County-by-County Page for Goodnight.
Cemeteries Near Goodnight ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodnight.
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 Goodnight - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodnight covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Samarie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kerens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kerens.
- The Kerens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Restland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4613 <2>
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stean Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Steen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Malakoff.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171619 <2>
- Elm Flat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Princeton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prairie Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Kerens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #304780 <2>
- Eureka Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Gunn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Malakoff Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malakoff Cemetery
- The Malakoff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Malakoff City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5025 <2>
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 Goodnight in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goodnight.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodnight, with the one closest to Goodnight listed first.
- Trinidad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kerens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rural Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rural Shade is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Shade
- Bazette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Malakoff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Powell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Eureka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Payne Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Winkler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Chatfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tolosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Angus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Corsicana
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Young
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Young is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodnight. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodnight.
Newspapers Published in Goodnight ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodnight.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodnight, 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 Goodnight.
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 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 Goodnight:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Navarro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Ellis County
- Freestone County
- Henderson County
- Kaufman County
- Van Zandt 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Goodnight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Goodnight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |