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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 Hinds (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 Hinds. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hinds is located in Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County: Jackson (OK), Tillman (OK), Baylor, Foard, Hardeman & Wichita.

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

  • Wilbarger County     (The home county of Hinds)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinds, with the one closest to Hinds listed first.
    • Vernon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vernon is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,138 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <1>
    • Oklaunion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fargo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Fargo is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • White City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • White City is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Tolbert ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Tolbert is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
    • Elliott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Elliott is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Lockett
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lockett is located in Wilbarger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockett
    • Harrold
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Odell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Foard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinds, with the one closest to Hinds listed first.
    • Rayland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rayland is located in Foard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayland
    • Thalia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Thalia is located in Foard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia
    • Margaret
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Margaret is located in Foard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
  • Hardeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinds, with the one closest to Hinds listed first.
    • Chillicothe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Medicine Mound ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Medicine Mound is located in Hardeman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Mound
    • Quanah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Wichita County
    • Electra
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinds, with the one closest to Hinds listed first.
    • Hess
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hess is located in Jackson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
    • Elmer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Elmer is located in Jackson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmer <1>
    • Humphreys
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Humphreys is located in Jackson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
    • Olustee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Olustee is located in Jackson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olustee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olustee <1>
    • Headrick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Eldorado
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tillman County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hinds, with the one closest to Hinds listed first.
    • Davidson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Frederick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Tipton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tipton is located in Tillman County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tipton <1>
    • Hollister
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Manitou
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Manitou is located in Tillman County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manitou <1>
    • Loveland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Hinds ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinds.

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

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

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

  • Eastview Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastview Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Vernon.
    • The Eastview Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Eastview Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #157339 <2>
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilbarger Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbarger Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilbarger Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Lockett.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7632 <2>
  • Lockett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tolbert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Davidson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion Lutheran Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrold Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Odell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2318 <2>
  • Hackberry Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Frederick Memorial Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Chillicothe Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Big Valley Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 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 Hinds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hinds.

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

  • Vernon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vernon is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <1>
  • Oklaunion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tolbert ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tolbert is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
  • Doans
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Doans is located in Wilbarger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doans
  • Harrold
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rayland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rayland is located in Foard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayland
  • Chillicothe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hess
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hess is located in Jackson County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
  • Thalia
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Thalia is located in Foard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia
  • Quanah
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Hinds ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinds.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinds, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinds.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hinds:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hinds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hinds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.