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 Hawk Cove (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 Hawk Cove. 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 Hawk Cove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hawk Cove: Hawk Cv.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Hawk Cove is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Hawk Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawk Cove:
- Hunt County (The home county of Hawk Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Quinlan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Tawakoni
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Boles Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Weiland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Union Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Caddo Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Royse City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Josephine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lavon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Copeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Farmersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Wylie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sachse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Rowlett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnyvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Mesquite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Miller Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Bonanza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cumby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Divide
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Brashear
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Tazewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Ables Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Poetry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Elmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- College Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Terrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Abner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Oak Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Ola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Post Oak Bend City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Talty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Heath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- East Tawakoni
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Flats
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Emory
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Blackland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- McLendon - Chisholm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Fate
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mobile City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Wills Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Fruitvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Saline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- Alba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gunter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gunter is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
- Yantis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawk Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Hawk Cove.
Cemeteries Near Hawk Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawk Cove.
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 Hawk Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawk Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- McBride Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whites Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ables Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hail Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paynetown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henderson Mosley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Weaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Hawk Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hawk Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawk Cove, with the one closest to Hawk Cove listed first.
- McCoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCoy is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Wieland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wieland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
- Poetry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Caddo Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Terrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Royse City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chisholm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Edgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawk Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawk Cove.
Newspapers Published in Hawk Cove ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawk Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawk Cove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawk Cove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hawk Cove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Dallas County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Rains County
- Rockwall County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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> | 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- Hawk Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Hawk Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |