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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 Harbor Grove (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 Harbor Grove. 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.

Name Variations for Harbor Grove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Harbor Grove: Harbor Grv.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Harbor Grove is located in Denton 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 Denton County: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Grayson, Tarrant & Wise.

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

  • Denton County     (The home county of Harbor Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Hickory Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lake Dallas
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Highland Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Corinth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper Canyon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Shady Shores is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
    • Lakewood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
    • Double Oak
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bartonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Flower Mound
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Hebron
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Carrollton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Frisco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rockhill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Prosper
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Rhea Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rhea Mills is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Mills
    • Allen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Celina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • McKinney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Parker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Hemming
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
    • Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Valley View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Burns City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
    • Era
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Lewisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coppell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Grapevine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Trinity Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Addison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmers Branch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Estelle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Irving
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Richardson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckingham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckingham is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • University Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Tioga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Tioga is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tioga <1>
    • Gunter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
    • Colleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bransford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Keller
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bedford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Euless
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • North Richland Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Hurst
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <1>
    • Haslet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Watauga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Richland Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor Grove, with the one closest to Harbor Grove listed first.
    • Bluett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • New Fairview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Rhome
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Slidell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aurora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Newark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Herman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
    • Boyd
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Briar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Greenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Harbor Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harbor Grove.

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 Harbor Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chinn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Swisher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Old Hall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ritter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lloyd Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Roselawn Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roselawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Denton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6476 <2>
  • Argyle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (188 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridges Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Medlin 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.<3>

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

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

  • Corinth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bartonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Argyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Little Elm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Denton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mingo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mingo is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
  • Coppell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hebron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hebron is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Navo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Navo is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navo
  • Roanoke
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grapevine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Trinity Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Carrollton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Aubrey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Harbor Grove ...

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 212 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harbor Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harbor Grove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harbor Grove.

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 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 Harbor Grove:

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>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 Harbor Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Harbor Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.