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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 Lillian (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 Lillian. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Lillian is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Bosque, Ellis, Hill, Hood, Parker, Somervell & Tarrant.

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

  • Johnson County     (The home county of Lillian)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Briaroaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Alvarado
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Egan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Burleson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cross Timber
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Crowley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Keene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Keene is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
    • Joshua
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Coyote Flats
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Cuba
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cuba is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Cleburne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Cedar Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ovilla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Shamrock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Shamrock is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Glenn Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Duncanville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Prairie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • DeSoto
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Cockrell Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lancaster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jim Town ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jim Town is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
      • Jim Town has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
    • Jimtown Junction ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jimtown Junction is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Junction
      • Jimtown Junction has also been known as:
      • Jim Town Junction
    • Oak Cliff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
  • Denton County
    • Southlake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Mansfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Britton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • Venus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Midlothian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Auburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Auburn is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Maypearl
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sardis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Sardis is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Oak Leaf
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Sterrett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sterrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
    • Boz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Boz is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
    • Red Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Waxahachie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Covington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Itasca
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Blum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lovelace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lovelace is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Carl's Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Cresson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fort Spunky
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
    • Acton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • DeCordova
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • DeCordova is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
    • Pecan Plantation
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pecan Plantation is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Plantation
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Aledo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Annetta South
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Annetta South is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta South
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lillian, with the one closest to Lillian listed first.
    • Retta
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Retta is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
    • Rendon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
    • Oak Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Kennedale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Everman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalworthington Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Johnsons Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
    • Edgecliff Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
    • Pantego
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • University Park Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Wedgewood East
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wedgewood East is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood East

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

Cemeteries Near Lillian ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lillian.

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

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

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

  • Cahill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Skyvue Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Walnut Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Grimsley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Balch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Center League Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is located in Mansfield.
    • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Jude's Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2705 <2>
  • Cedar Hill Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Burleson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Burleson Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • Hudson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Marystown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Duke Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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>

While we didn't find Lillian in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lillian.

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

  • Pleasant Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Mansfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rendon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
  • Egan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Egan is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
  • Alvarado
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Venus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Marystown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Marystown is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
  • Burleson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kennedale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Joshua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Peak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Peak is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Peak
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Midlothian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Crowley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnsons Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station

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

Newspapers Published in Lillian ...

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 183 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lillian.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lillian, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lillian.

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 Lillian:

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 Lillian, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lillian) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.