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 Hishway (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 Hishway. 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 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.
Hishway is located in Grayson 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 Grayson County: Bryan (OK), Love (OK), Marshall (OK), Collin, Cooke, Denton & Fannin.
Below are the counties that are near Hishway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hishway:
- Grayson County (The home county of Hishway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Sherwood Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Shores is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Shores
- Cedar Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mills is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
- Gordonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Locust
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dixie is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Basin Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Basin Springs is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Springs
- Sadler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whitesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Gage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gage is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Pottsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Dexter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Coesfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coesfield is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
- Callisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Callisburg is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Oak Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Lake Kiowa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gainesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Burns City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Myra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Cartwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Platter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Colbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Calera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Silo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silo is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Achille
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendrix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carter County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Dickson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dickson is located in Carter County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
- Brock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Carter County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Ardmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gene Autry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gene Autry is located in Carter County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gene Autry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Former names for Gene Autry:
- Berwyn
- Dresden
- Lou
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gene Autry <1>
- Johnston County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Mannsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bee is located in Johnston County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
- Ravia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tishomingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Love County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Marietta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thackerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Overbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jimtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jimtown is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Leon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shay is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodville is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 132 people
- McBride
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Madill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,161 people
- Cumberland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Little City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Little City is located in Marshall County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hishway, see our County-by-County Page for Hishway.
Cemeteries Near Hishway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hishway.
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 Hishway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hishway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Collins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harvill - Rowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blassingame Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Porter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Cemetery
- The Porter Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Rich Cemetery
- Allison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Noel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bacon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Gordonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Graveyard Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hishway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hishway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hishway, with the one closest to Hishway listed first.
- Dexter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Red Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Branch is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Gordonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mills is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
- Coesfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coesfield is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
- Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Balm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Balm is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balm
- Basin Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Basin Springs is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Springs
- Callisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Callisburg is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Sadler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Whitesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Steedham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Steedham is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedham
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hishway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hishway.
Newspapers Published in Hishway ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hishway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hishway, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hishway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hishway:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cooke County
- Bryan County
- Carter County
- Johnston County
- Love County
- Marshall 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> | 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 Hishway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hishway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |