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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 Lingleville (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 Lingleville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Lingleville is located in Erath 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 Erath County: Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Hamilton, Hood, Palo Pinto & Somervell.

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

  • Erath County     (The home county of Lingleville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Bunyan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Bunyan is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
    • Hannibal
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Hannibal is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
    • Stephenville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Harbin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Harbin is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
    • Dublin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Morgan Mill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Alexander
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alexander is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
    • Thurber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Clairette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Clairette is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairette
    • Bluff Dale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Duffau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Duffau is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffau
    • Chalk Mountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Chalk Mountain is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Mountain
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Comyn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Comyn is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comyn
    • De Leon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rucker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rucker is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
    • Proctor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Duster
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Duster is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
    • Ararat ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ararat is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • Wilson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Wilson is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Sipe Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
    • Gustine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Comanche
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sidney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eastland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Desdemona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gorman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Kokomo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Kokomo is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
    • Ranger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Olden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Eastland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mangum ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Mangum is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
    • Okra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Okra is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Carlton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hico is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,437 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hico <1>
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Paluxy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lipan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tolar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Palo Pinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lingleville, with the one closest to Lingleville listed first.
    • Mingus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gordon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Strawn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Santo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Stephens County
    • La Casa ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • La Casa is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa

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

Cemeteries Near Lingleville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lingleville.

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

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

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

  • West End Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • East End Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Corinth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bunyan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ramsey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lowell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • School Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Upper Green Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Erath Garden of Memory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Cow Creek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lower Green Creek Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickey Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lingleville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bunyan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bunyan is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
  • Victor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Victor is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Highland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Huckabay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Huckabay is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huckabay
  • Hannibal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hannibal is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Harbin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbin is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
  • Stephenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Desdemona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Dublin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • De Leon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alexander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexander is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Selden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Selden is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Gorman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Downing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Downing is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
    • Proctor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lingleville ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lingleville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lingleville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lingleville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lingleville:

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>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 Lingleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lingleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.