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 Hiram (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 Hiram. 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 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 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.
Hiram is located in Kaufman 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 Kaufman County: Dallas, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Rockwall & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Hiram. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiram:
- Kaufman County (The home county of Hiram)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- College Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Abner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Oak Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Ables Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Terrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Becker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- Kaufman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Post Oak Bend City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Lone Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Collin County
- Royse City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Combine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Seagoville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Sunnyvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Balch Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kleberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kleberg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleberg
- Mesquite
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Walnut Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Telico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Telico is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Gun Barrel City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seven Points
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eustace
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Payne Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Tool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Enchanted Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Log Cabin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Caney City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Hawk Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Quinlan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Tawakoni
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Union Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Weiland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Lone Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hendrix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Caddo Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Flats
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- East Tawakoni
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Hooker Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- McLendon - Chisholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Blackland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Fate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mobile City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith County
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Wills Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Edgewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tundra
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Grand Saline
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ben Wheeler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Van
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Wood County
- Alba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiram, see our County-by-County Page for Hiram.
Cemeteries Near Hiram ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiram.
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 Hiram - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiram covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Cemetery
- The Blackjack Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Cemetery
- Blackjack MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1204395 <2>
- Rader Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarvale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- College Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the College Mound Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Terrell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1188058 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morrow Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kayser Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- White Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the White Rose Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wills Point.
- The White Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wills Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7606 <2>
- Fox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Hiram in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiram.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Abner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wills Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Myrtle Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Prairieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Terrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kaufman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McCoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McCoy is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Edgewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Poetry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Kemp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jackson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiram. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiram.
Newspapers Published in Hiram ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiram.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiram, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiram.
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 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 Hiram:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Kaufman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Dallas County
- Ellis County
- Henderson County
- Hunt County
- Rains County
- Rockwall County
- Smith 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> | 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiram) 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 Hiram, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |