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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Mantua. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mantua to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mantua, please Contact Us.

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 Mantua (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 Mantua. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Mantua is historic, it would have been located within present day Collin 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 Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.

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

  • Collin County     (The home county of Mantua)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Van Alstyne
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Anna
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
      • Anna is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <2>
    • Sedalia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sedalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
      • Sedalia is located in Collin County
    • Weston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Westminster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
      • Westminster is located in Collin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <2>
    • Melissa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Valdasta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
      • Valdasta is located in Collin County
    • Roland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Roland is located in Collin County
    • Parris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parris
      • Parris is located in Collin County
    • Blue Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Hope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • New Hope is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
    • Celina
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Bloomfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Bloomfield is located in Cooke County
    • Lake Kiowa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kiowa
      • Lake Kiowa is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Kiowa <2>
    • Burns City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
      • Burns City is located in Cooke County
    • Hemming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Pilot Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Little Elm
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Elm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elm
      • Little Elm is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,625 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Elm <2>
    • Providence Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
      • Providence Village is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
    • Aubrey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Hackberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
    • Lincoln Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
    • Krugerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krugerville
      • Krugerville is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
    • Cross Roads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Colony
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
      • The Colony is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Colony <2>
    • Lakewood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
      • Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
    • Oak Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
      • Oak Point is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,820 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Point <2>
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Trenton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Whitewright
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Orangeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orangeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
      • Orangeville is located in Fannin County
    • Leonard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
      • Leonard is located in Fannin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,068 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonard <2>
    • Savoy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Randolph
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ector
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edhube
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
      • Edhube is located in Fannin County
    • Bailey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bonham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gober
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Howe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Howe is located in Grayson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,390 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <2>
    • Pilot Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
      • Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
    • Tom Bean
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gunter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Luella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
      • Luella is located in Grayson County
    • Kentucky Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
      • Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
    • Dorchester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Dorchester is located in Grayson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
    • Ida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
      • Ida is located in Grayson County
    • Whiterock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
      • Whiterock is located in Grayson County
    • Tribune
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tribune. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
      • Tribune is located in Grayson County
    • Sherman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bells
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
      • Bells is located in Grayson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <2>
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Merit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Celeste
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
      • Celeste is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celeste <2>
    • Kingston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Kingston is located in Hunt County
    • White Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Hunt County
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Clinton is located in Hunt County
    • Wolfe City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Caddo Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caddo Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Mills
      • Caddo Mills is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo Mills <2>
  • Bryan County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mantua, with the one closest to Mantua listed first.
    • Hendrix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrix have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
      • Hendrix is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hendrix <2>
    • Kemp
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
      • Kemp is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Mantua ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mantua.

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

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

  • Mantua Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mantua Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mantua Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Mantua Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Newt Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305714 <5>
  • Van Alstyne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Alexander Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coffman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lair Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lair Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Simpson Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cannon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Warden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mugg Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Westminster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westminster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westminster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (304 more) ...
    • Elm Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Morris Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brinlee Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.

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

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

  • Anna
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Anna is located in Collin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <2>
  • Van Alstyne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Elmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmont
    • Elmont is located in Grayson County
  • Sedalia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sedalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Sedalia is located in Collin County
  • Weston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cannon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Cannon is located in Grayson County
  • Farmington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Farmington is located in Grayson County
  • Melissa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Roland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Roland is located in Collin County
  • Howe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Howe is located in Grayson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,390 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <2>
  • Pilot Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
    • Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
  • White Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mound
    • White Mound is located in Grayson County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Altoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoga have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
      • Altoga is located in Collin County
    • Tom Bean
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Mantua ...

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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mantua.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mantua, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mantua.

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 either 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 Mantua:

The official website for Collin County: www.co.collin.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mantua, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mantua) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mantua. We have been unable to find the coordinates for Mantua. That said, to estimate its location, we are using the latitude and longitude of what we believe to be a nearby cemetery (likely the town cemetery). The cemetery that we've chosen is named Mantua Cemetery and it is located at 33.3888, -96.5748   .




 

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