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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 Lanham (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 Lanham. 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 and doctors 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.

Lanham is located in Hamilton County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamilton County: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas & Mills.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Lanham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
    • Agee ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Agee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
      • Agee is located in Hamilton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Agee
      • From Lanham to Agee
    • Whiteway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hamilton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Spurlin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spurlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
      • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
    • Hico
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
    • Carlton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pottsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
      • Pottsville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottsville <2>
    • McGirk ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
      • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McGirk
      • From Lanham to McGirk
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
    • Cranfills Gap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Norse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Norse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Norse
      • From Lanham to Norse
    • Iredell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iredell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
      • Iredell is located in Bosque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iredell <2>
    • Clifton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Bosque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,410 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <2>
    • Meridian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Bosque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,502 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
    • Walnut Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
      • Walnut Springs is located in Bosque County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Springs <2>
    • Womack
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Morgan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
    • Wilson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Comanche County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilson
      • From Lanham to Wilson
    • Energy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gustine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gustine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustine
      • Gustine is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gustine <2>
    • Ararat ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ararat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
      • Ararat is located in Comanche County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ararat
      • From Lanham to Ararat
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
    • Jonesboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ireland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Turnersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Levita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Purmela
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purmela have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purmela
      • Purmela is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purmela <2>
    • Evant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evant
      • Evant is located in Coryell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evant <2>
    • Bee House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • King
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for King. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to King
      • From Lanham to King
    • Gatesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • South Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
      • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Fort Gates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
  • Erath County
  • Mills County
    • Star
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Mills County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Lanham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanham.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Viertel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Viertel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Viertel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bullman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bullman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kirkendall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkendall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkendall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cranfills Gap Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cranfills Gap Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cranfills Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cox - Burton Graves
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox - Burton Graves
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox - Burton Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cranfills Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cranfills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cranfills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kidd Thompson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kidd Thompson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kidd Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gann Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gann Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Massingill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massingill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massingill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • German Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (114 more) ...
    • Oak Wood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Wood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Wood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • New IOOF Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Luth Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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, Lanham had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Fairy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairy
    • Fairy is located in Hamilton County
  • Cranfills Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hamilton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jonesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Turnersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ohio ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
  • Hico
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Levita
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Norse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Norse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Norse is located in Bosque County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Norse
    • From Lanham to Norse
  • Iredell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iredell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
    • Iredell is located in Bosque County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iredell <2>
  • Gentrys Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gentrys Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
    • Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
  • Carlton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Purmela
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purmela have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purmela
      • Purmela is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purmela <2>
    • Lamkin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamkin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
      • Lamkin is located in Comanche County
    • Shive
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
      • Shive is located in Hamilton County

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

Newspapers Published in Lanham ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanham, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanham.

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 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 Lanham:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Lanham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lanham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7523, Longitude: -97.9527       In this case, the coordinates for Lanham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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