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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 Kleberg (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 Kleberg. 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.

Name Variations for Kleberg ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Kleburg.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals 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.

Kleberg is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.

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

  • Dallas County     (The home county of Kleberg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kleberg, with the one closest to Kleberg listed first.
    • Balch Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lawson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Seagoville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hutchins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mesquite
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wilmer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Combine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • New Hope is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Sunnyvale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ferris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sargent
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lancaster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kleberg, with the one closest to Kleberg listed first.
    • Sachse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Murphy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Plano
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wylie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Lavon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Parker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Royse City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carrollton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Clear Lake is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Lucas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lucas is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
    • Nevada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Allen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kleberg, with the one closest to Kleberg listed first.
    • Walnut Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
    • Bristol
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Red Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Palmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Leaf
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Crisp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sterrett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ike
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyce
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Garrett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Garrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
    • Telico
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ennis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Hunt County
    • Union Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Valley is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kleberg, with the one closest to Kleberg listed first.
    • Crandall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Forney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Talty
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
    • Heath
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Lone Star
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Lawrence
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
    • Rosser
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Scurry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kaufman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cottonwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
    • Oak Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
    • Grays Prairie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Navarro County
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kleberg, with the one closest to Kleberg listed first.
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Rockwall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mobile City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fate
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tarrant County

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

Cemeteries Near Kleberg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kleberg.

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

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

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

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, Kleberg had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Rylie
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rylie is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rylie
  • Seagoville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hutchins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wilmer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Crandall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Forney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Hope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • New Hope is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • Lancaster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lisbon ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Reinhardt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
  • Rawlins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rawlins is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kleberg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kleberg.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kleberg ...

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 287 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kleberg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kleberg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kleberg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kleberg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Kleberg.

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 Kleberg:

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 Kleberg, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kleberg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.