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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Malden during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Malden was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Malden (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 Malden. 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.

Malden is located in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County: Briscoe, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall & Swisher.

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

  • Armstrong County     (The home county of Malden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malden, with the one closest to Malden listed first.
    • Claude
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
      • Claude is located in Armstrong County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <2>
    • Goodnight
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Washburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
      • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
    • Paloduro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paloduro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paloduro
      • Paloduro is located in Armstrong County
    • Wayside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayside <2>
  • Carson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malden, with the one closest to Malden listed first.
    • Groom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom
      • Groom is located in Carson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groom <2>
    • Panhandle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • White Deer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Donley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malden, with the one closest to Malden listed first.
    • Howardwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howardwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
      • Howardwick is located in Donley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Clarendon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarendon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
      • Clarendon is located in Donley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,788 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarendon <2>
  • Gray County
    • Kingsmill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsmill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
      • Kingsmill is located in Gray County
  • Potter County
    • Amarillo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Randall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Malden, with the one closest to Malden listed first.
    • Lake Tanglewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
      • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
    • Palisades
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Timbercreek Canyon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
      • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people

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

Newspapers Published in Malden ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malden, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Malden.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Malden:

Cemeteries Near Malden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malden.

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 Malden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Claude Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodnight Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5414 <5>
  • Groom Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Washburn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Panhandle Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Boydston Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boydston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boydston Cemetery
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jericho Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jericho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jericho Cemetery
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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.<6>

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

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

  • Claude
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Claude is located in Armstrong County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <2>
  • Goodnight
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Washburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
    • Washburn is located in Armstrong County
  • Panhandle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Boydston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boydston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydston
    • Boydston is located in Donley County
  • Paloduro
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paloduro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paloduro
    • Paloduro is located in Armstrong County
  • Pullman
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pullman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
    • Pullman is located in Potter County
  • White Deer
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Clarendon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarendon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Clarendon is located in Donley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarendon <2>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Malden and then turned west". While Malden could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Malden as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Malden could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Texas community named Malden.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Malden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Malden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0898, Longitude: -101.3082       In this case, the coordinates for Malden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Malden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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