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 Hickory Creek (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 Hickory Creek. 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 Hickory Creek ...
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 Hickory Creek: Hickory Crk. (or less commonly used: Hickory Ck. or Hickory Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hickory Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Creek.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Creek:
- Hunt County (The home county of Hickory Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Wolfe City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Celeste
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Aberfoyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Jacobia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Fairlie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Merit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Neylandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Frognot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Blue Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Farmersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Valdasta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Altoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Josephine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Copeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mantua ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mantua is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Jot-Em-Down
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Needmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pecan Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ben Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Klondike
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Enloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Bailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gober
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Edhube
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ladonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Orangeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Bonham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Pilot Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Kentucky Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Cannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Tom Bean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Ida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ida is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Luella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Luella is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Howe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tribune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tribune is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Cumby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Peerless
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Palestine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Posey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Brashear
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Petty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- High
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Yarnaby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
- Yuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Kemp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Creek.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Creek.
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 Hickory Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Celeste Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Cemetery
- The White Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Whiterock Cemetery
- Kingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brecheen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Rehobeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rehobeth Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Wolfe City.
- The Rehobeth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehobeth / Terry Cemetery
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barnhart Boles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kelly Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hickory Creek had a population of 76 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Creek, with the one closest to Hickory Creek listed first.
- Bailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Celeste
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfe City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lane is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Pike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pike is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Aberfoyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Gober
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kellogg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- South Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Delba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delba is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delba
- Jacobia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Creek.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Creek ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Creek, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Creek.
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 websites either 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 Hickory Creek:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Bryan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hickory Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |