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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 Hartex (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 Hartex. 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.

Hartex is located in Archer 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 Archer County: Baylor, Clay, Jack, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger & Young.

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

  • Archer County     (The home county of Hartex)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartex, with the one closest to Hartex listed first.
    • Holliday
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lakeside City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside City is located in Archer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
    • Dundee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dundee is located in Archer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Archer City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Scotland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Windthorst
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Anarene ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Anarene is located in Archer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anarene
    • Megargel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartex, with the one closest to Hartex listed first.
    • Jolly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jolly is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Dean
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Dean is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Thornberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Bluegrove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Henrietta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Petrolia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wichita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartex, with the one closest to Hartex listed first.
    • Kamay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Iowa Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Wichita Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cashion Community
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Clara
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Clara is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
    • Burkburnett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Electra
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilbarger County
  • Cotton County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartex, with the one closest to Hartex listed first.
    • Devol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Devol is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devol <1>
    • Randlett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tillman County (OK)
    • Grandfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Hartex ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartex.

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 Hartex - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Holliday Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holliday Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Holliday.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230113 <2>
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rosemont Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Crestview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crestview Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Iowa Park.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4219 <2>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Evart Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Highland Memorial Gardens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • East Lawn Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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 Hartex in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hartex.

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

  • Holliday
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Iowa Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Wichita Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee is located in Archer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Archer City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jolly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jolly is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Thornberry
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
  • Bluegrove
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Henrietta
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Harrold
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlie
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Charlie is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie

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

Newspapers Published in Hartex ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartex.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartex, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartex.

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 Hartex:

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 Hartex, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hartex) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.