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 Guda (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 Guda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Guda is located in Falls 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 Falls County: Bell, Limestone, McLennan, Milam & Robertson.
Below are the counties that are near Guda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Guda:
- Falls County (The home county of Guda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Satin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Golinda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- North Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Prairie is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
- Chilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mooreville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McClanahan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Durango
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durango is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
- Blevins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blevins is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Bruceville - Eddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Oenaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oenaville is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ocker is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
- Pendleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cyclone
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cyclone is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Meeks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Temple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moffat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moffat is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
- Edgeworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Heidenheimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan's Point Resort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coryell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- McGregor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oglesby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- The Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- The Grove is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
- Lime City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lime City is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Hill County
- Mount Calm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Ben Hur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Watt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Kosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Prairie Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Frosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Delia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- McLennan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Rosenthal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
- Downsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riesel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lorena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lorena is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hewitt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bruceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Beverly Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
- Eddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Waco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
- Waco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Baileyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Jones Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Bremond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Guda, see our County-by-County Page for Guda.
Cemeteries Near Guda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guda.
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 Guda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Guda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Christian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stallworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mooreville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nazare Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Murphy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Carolina Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Marlin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3484 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Marlin.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marlin Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2709 <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 Guda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Guda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Guda, with the one closest to Guda listed first.
- Golinda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Chilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosenthal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
- Downsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Downs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Mooreville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Marlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Riesel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McClanahan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Harrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hewitt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bruceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Guda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Guda.
Newspapers Published in Guda ...
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 Guda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Guda, 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 Guda.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Guda:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Falls County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Coryell County
- Hill County
- Limestone County
- McLennan County
- Milam County
- Robertson 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Guda) 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 Guda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |