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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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Lebanon is located in Hill 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 Hill County: Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Limestone, McLennan & Navarro.

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

  • Hill County     (The home county of Lebanon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Tyson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Aquilla
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Peoria
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Peoria is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Abbott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chatt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
    • Hillsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Huron ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Huron is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Bynum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Penelope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lovelace
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lovelace is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Carl's Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Malone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Greenock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Laguna Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cayote
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Womack
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Valley Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Kopperl
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Meridian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Norse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Kimball
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kimball is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Morgan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • McGregor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Coryell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Oglesby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Turnersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
  • Ellis County
    • Milford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Rio Vista
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Parker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Parker is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Watt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Watt is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
    • Delia ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Delia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
    • Prairie Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Patrick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Gholson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • West
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • West is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
    • Rock Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Ross
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ross is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
    • China Spring
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elm Mott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tours
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tours is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
    • Bosqueville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
    • Leroy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lacy - Lakeview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Northcrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
    • Bellmead
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lebanon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lebanon.

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

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

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

  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Prairie Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Smiths Bend - Coon Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Scotts Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wortham Bend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gholson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Patrick Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Patrick Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Waco.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5907 <3>
  • Bold Springs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Vaughan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Yates Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Whitney - Towash Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • White Rock Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Lebanon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lebanon.

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

  • Tyson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Tyson is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
  • Aquilla
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenock is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
  • Patrick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Patrick is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
  • Gholson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gholson is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
  • Vaughan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vaughan is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
  • Whitney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ross
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ross is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
  • West
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • West is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
  • Cayote
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cayote is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
  • China Spring
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Peoria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Peoria is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Abbott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Mott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Womack
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack

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

Newspapers Published in Lebanon ...

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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lebanon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lebanon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Lebanon:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lebanon) 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 Lebanon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.