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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 Lavon Shores Estates (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 Lavon Shores Estates. 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 Lavon Shores Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lavon Shores Estates: Lavon Shrs. Ests.
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 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.
Lavon Shores Estates is located in Collin 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 Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Lavon Shores Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lavon Shores Estates:
- Collin County (The home county of Lavon Shores Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Clear Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Copeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowry Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry Crossing is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry Crossing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Lavon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Biggers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Nevada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Rowlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Buckingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Richardson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Sunnyvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Addison
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Mesquite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- University Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- Farmers Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- The Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hackberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Little Elm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
- Providence Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Providence Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Whitewright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Cannon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Pilot Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Howe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gunter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Merit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caddo Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Hendrix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Union Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Celeste
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Boles Home
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Quinlan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Weiland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Heath
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Poetry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Forney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Talty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Ables Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Terrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Fate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mobile City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blackland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- McLendon - Chisholm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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 Lavon Shores Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Lavon Shores Estates.
Cemeteries Near Lavon Shores Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lavon Shores Estates.
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 Lavon Shores Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lavon Shores Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Backbone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Princeton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Abston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McMinn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove Cemetery
- The Prairie Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aleo Cemetery
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Rike Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Winkle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Van Winkle Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Princeton.
- Milligan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Lavon Shores Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lavon Shores Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lavon Shores Estates, with the one closest to Lavon Shores Estates listed first.
- Copeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lucas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Lavon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Altoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Sachse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Verona is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lavon Shores Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lavon Shores Estates.
Newspapers Published in Lavon Shores Estates ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lavon Shores Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lavon Shores Estates, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lavon Shores Estates.
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 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 Lavon Shores Estates:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Collin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman 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> | 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> | 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- Lavon Shores Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lavon Shores Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |