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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 Hydes Ferry (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 Hydes Ferry. 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 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.

Hydes Ferry is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Leon, Madison, Trinity & Walker.

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

  • Houston County     (The home county of Hydes Ferry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydes Ferry, with the one closest to Hydes Ferry listed first.
    • Antioch ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Antioch is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Austonio
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
    • Lovelady
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooper
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Porter Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Holly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Holly is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
    • Crockett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Latexo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Grimes County
    • Bedias
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydes Ferry, with the one closest to Hydes Ferry listed first.
    • Middleton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Centerview
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
    • Leona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Russell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Normangee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Flynn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydes Ferry, with the one closest to Hydes Ferry listed first.
    • Midway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Madisonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • George
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • North Zulch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • San Jacinto County
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydes Ferry, with the one closest to Hydes Ferry listed first.
    • Mill Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Mill Town is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
    • Trinity
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Glendale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Glendale is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Friday
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Friday is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
    • Pennington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Chita is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
    • Carlisle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Carlisle is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Groveton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hydes Ferry, with the one closest to Hydes Ferry listed first.
    • Kittrell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kittrell is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
    • Riverside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Huntsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dodge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wesley Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
    • Barado
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Barado is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Goshen is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen

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

Cemeteries Near Hydes Ferry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hydes Ferry.

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 Hydes Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Douglas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Weldon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Adams - Little Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Plantation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Midway Southside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mason Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bozeman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Spivey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Huffman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Dunlap Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie Point Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Reed Sunshine Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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 Hydes Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hydes Ferry.

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

  • Midway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Connor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Connor is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
  • Ash
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ash is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Lovelady
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Porter Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Guys Store
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Guys Store is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
  • Middleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Middleton is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
  • Madisonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Holly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Riverside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Saron
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Saron is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
    • Leona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Huntsville
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Hydes Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hydes Ferry.

Newspapers Published in Hydes Ferry ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hydes Ferry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hydes Ferry, 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 Hydes Ferry.

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 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 Hydes Ferry:

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 Hydes Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Hydes Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.