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 Keeler (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 Keeler. 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.
Keeler is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Bosque, Ellis, Hill, Hood, Parker, Somervell & Tarrant.
Below are the counties that are near Keeler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keeler:
- Johnson County (The home county of Keeler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Burleson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crowley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Timber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Briaroaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Joshua
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Egan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Egan is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Lillian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Keene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Godley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alvarado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cleburne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coyote Flats
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Bosque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kimball is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Eulogy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eulogy is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grand Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ovilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shamrock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shamrock is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- DeSoto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Glenn Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sowers ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sowers is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Estelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Estelle is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Denton County
- Southlake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Mansfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Britton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Britton is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
- Venus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midlothian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Maypearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sardis is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Oak Leaf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Boz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boz is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Itasca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Cresson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Acton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- DeCordova
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- DeCordova is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
- Fort Spunky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
- Pecan Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Plantation is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Plantation
- Brazos Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Granbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Trail Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Trail Shores is located in Hood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail Shores
- Parker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Aledo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annetta South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Annetta South is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta South
- Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
- Annetta North
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Annetta North is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta North
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Annetta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Annetta is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,319 people
- Willow Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Azle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dicey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dicey is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
- Sanctuary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sanctuary is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Weatherford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reno is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
- Somervell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Nemo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Rose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Primrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Primrose is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Rendon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rendon is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
- Retta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Retta is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
- Saint Francis Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgecliff Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
- Wedgewood East
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood East is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood East
- Everman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westover Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westover Hills is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keeler, see our County-by-County Page for Keeler.
Cemeteries Near Keeler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keeler.
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 Keeler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keeler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Prairie Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burleson Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crowley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caddo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marystown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Lane Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lane Prairie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Lane Prairie Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Cleburne.
- Laurel Land Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Everman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Greenacres Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenacres Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Cleburne.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3925 <3>
- Lightfoot Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Keeler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keeler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keeler, with the one closest to Keeler listed first.
- Burleson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crowley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Joshua
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Marystown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marystown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
- Primrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Primrose is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Egan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Egan is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Rendon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rendon is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
- Pleasant Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Benbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Godley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alvarado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cleburne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mansfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keeler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keeler.
Newspapers Published in Keeler ...
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 202 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keeler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keeler, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keeler.
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 Keeler:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bosque County
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hill County
- Hood County
- Parker County
- Somervell County
- Tarrant 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Keeler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Keeler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |