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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 Hurnville (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 Hurnville. 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 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.

Hurnville is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Cotton (OK), Jefferson (OK), Archer, Jack, Montague & Wichita.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Hurnville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Petrolia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Byers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Henrietta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Dean
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Dean is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Jolly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jolly is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Thornberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Bluegrove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bellevue
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Joy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Joy is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Archer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Lakeside City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside City is located in Archer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
    • Scotland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Windthorst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Montague County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Ringgold
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belcherville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Belcherville is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
    • Hynds City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
    • Rowland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Rowland is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Nocona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wichita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Wichita Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Cashion Community
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Burkburnett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Iowa Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Cotton County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Taylor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylor is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Temple
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Temple is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <1>
    • Randlett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cookietown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
    • Walters
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Walters is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Former name for Walters:
      • Walter
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <1>
    • Devol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Devol is located in Cotton County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devol <1>
  • Jefferson County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurnville, with the one closest to Hurnville listed first.
    • Ryan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <1>
    • Terral
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Terral is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <1>
    • Sugden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Waurika
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Waurika is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waurika
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waurika <1>
    • Fleetwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
    • Hastings
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hastings is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hastings <1>
    • Addington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oscar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Grady
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
  • Stephens County (OK)
    • Comanche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Comanche is located in Stephens County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comanche <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hurnville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurnville.

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

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

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

  • Hurnville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Riverland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Benvenue Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cambridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kempner Cemetery
    • The Kempner Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4600 <2>
  • Ryan Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Terral Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Sugden Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • White Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Waurika Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cullers Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (54 more) ...

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 in 1895, Hurnville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Henrietta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jolly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jolly is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Charlie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Charlie is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
  • Thornberry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
  • Wichita Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bluegrove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Belcherville ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Belcherville is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
  • Bellevue
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Nocona
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Iowa Park
    (28 miles [45.1 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 Hurnville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurnville.

Newspapers Published in Hurnville ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurnville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurnville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurnville.

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 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 Hurnville:

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 Hurnville, 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- Hurnville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.