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 Kellogg (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 Kellogg. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kellogg is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Kellogg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kellogg:
- Hunt County (The home county of Kellogg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- White Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Celeste
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Neylandville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Aberfoyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Wolfe City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Caddo Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Farmersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Frognot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Josephine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Royse City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Altoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Valdasta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Westminster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lavon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Needmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Jot-Em-Down
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Pecan Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ben Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Leonard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gober
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Trenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ladonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hail
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Orangeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Edhube
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Bonham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Pilot Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Cannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Kentucky Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Cumby
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Miller Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peerless
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Divide
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Posey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Bonanza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Ables Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Poetry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- East Tawakoni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Fate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Mobile City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kellogg, see our County-by-County Page for Kellogg.
Cemeteries Near Kellogg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kellogg.
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 Kellogg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kellogg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Money Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barnhart Boles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McWright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Greenville.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960177 <3>
- East Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Celeste Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Merit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Elm Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- David Rush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery #1
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kellogg had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kellogg, with the one closest to Kellogg listed first.
- Wagner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wagner is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- White Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Celeste
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Neylandville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- South Sulphur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Aberfoyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lane is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Hickory Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Wolfe City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kellogg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kellogg.
Newspapers Published in Kellogg ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kellogg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kellogg, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kellogg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Kellogg:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Rains County
- Rockwall 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' (or 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- Kellogg) 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 Kellogg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |