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 Hilger (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 Hilger. 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 southwest 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 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.
Hilger is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Hilger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hilger:
- Fannin County (The home county of Hilger)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Dodd City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Bonham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carson is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Ridings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridings is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings
- Allens Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Hail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Edhube
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Ravenna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ector
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Frognot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Alstyne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Pecan Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Enloe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Bells
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Whiterock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Pilot Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Ida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Tom Bean
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Denison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Luella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Luella is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Red River City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- Twin City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
- Tribune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tribune is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Wolfe City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aberfoyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Fairlie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Jardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Celeste
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- White Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- South Sulphur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Jacobia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Commerce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Neylandville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Petty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- High
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Direct
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
- Roxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brookston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ambia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Toco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Belk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belk is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Atlas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Hopewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Garretts Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Yarnaby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
- Yuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Kemp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wade
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Hendrix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Achille
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bokchito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Colbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Durant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw County (OK)
- Boswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hilger, see our County-by-County Page for Hilger.
Cemeteries Near Hilger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilger.
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 Hilger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hilger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Stancel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shilo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Onstott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dodd City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vannoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Windom.
- The Vannoy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobb - Vannoy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7384 <3>
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Center Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brown Shed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Hilger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hilger.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hilger, with the one closest to Hilger listed first.
- Lannius
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lannius is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannius
- Bonham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Windom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ector
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gober
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duplex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Duplex is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Honey Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Selfs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selfs is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfs
- Telephone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hilger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hilger.
Newspapers Published in Hilger ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilger, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilger.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hilger:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Grayson County
- Hunt County
- Lamar County
- Bryan County
- Choctaw 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hilger) 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 Hilger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |