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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 Gospel Hill (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 Gospel Hill. 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 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 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.

Gospel Hill is located in Walker 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 Walker County: Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto & Trinity.

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

  • Walker County     (The home county of Gospel Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Riverside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kittrell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kittrell is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
    • Huntsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Barado
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Barado is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
    • Elmina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Elmina is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
    • New Waverly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Goshen is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Wesley Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Holly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Holly is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Antioch ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Antioch is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Lovelady
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Austonio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
  • Madison County
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Danville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Willis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Willis is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willis <1>
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Onalaska
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bold Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bold Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs
    • West Livingston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • West Livingston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Livingston
    • Swartout ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Swartout is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout
    • Livingston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lamont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamont is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
    • New Willard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • New Willard is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Willard
    • Leggett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Goodrich
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Oaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • San Jacinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Oakhurst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Point Blank
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Evergreen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Coldspring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gospel Hill, with the one closest to Gospel Hill listed first.
    • Trinity
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Carlisle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Carlisle is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Mill Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mill Town is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
    • Chita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chita is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
    • Glendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Glendale is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Friday
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Friday is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
    • Groveton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumpter ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sumpter is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
    • Woodlake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodlake is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
    • Lacy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lacy is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
      • Lacy has also been known as:
      • Lacey
    • Pennington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Gospel Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gospel Hill.

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 Gospel Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gospel Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gospel Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dodge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Community Relief Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Capers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Center Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McGown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hoby Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (139 more) ...
    • Cline Prairie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Robinson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grant Colony Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Gospel Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gospel Hill.

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

  • Riverside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Phelps
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Phelps is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
  • Point Blank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Huntsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Saron
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Saron is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
  • Evergreen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Colita
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Colita is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colita
  • Groveton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lovelady
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • New Waverly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Maynard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Maynard is located in San Jacinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard

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

Newspapers Published in Gospel Hill ...

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 Gospel Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gospel Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gospel Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Gospel Hill:

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 Gospel Hill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gospel Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.