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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 Marshall Creek (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 Marshall Creek. 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.

Name Variations for Marshall Creek ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Marshall Creek: Marshall Crk. (or less commonly used: Marshall Ck. or Marshall Cr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Marshall Creek is located in Denton 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 Denton County: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Grayson, Tarrant & Wise.

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

  • Denton County     (The home county of Marshall Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • Trophy Club
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Roanoke
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Westlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Elizabethtown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Northlake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flower Mound
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Corral City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Corral City is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Bartonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Double Oak
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Justin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Argyle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Southlake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hebron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Frisco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rockhill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Plano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Prosper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Cooke County
    • Hemming
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hemming is located in Cooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemming
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • Grapevine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewisville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Coppell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Irving
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Farmers Branch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Addison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Grand Prairie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Ford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • University Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • Azle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <1>
    • Reno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Sanctuary
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Springtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • Keller
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bransford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Haslet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Colleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Smithfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Watauga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • North Richland Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bedford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
    • Hurst
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <1>
    • Blue Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Euless
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Creek, with the one closest to Marshall Creek listed first.
    • New Fairview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Rhome
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bluett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Newark
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Aurora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Briar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Herman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
    • Boyd
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Slidell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Decatur
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Marshall Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshall Creek.

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 Marshall Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Medlin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Roanoke IOOF Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Elizabethtown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sweets Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bourland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Argyle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Chinn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Grapevine Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grapevine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grapevine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1140447 <2>
  • Parker Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Old Hall Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (144 more) ...
    • Akain Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Roselawn Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Roselawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Denton.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6476 <2>

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

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

  • Roanoke
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bartonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Keller
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Justin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Argyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Haslet
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bransford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
  • Grapevine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Watauga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Smithfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
  • Corinth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Drop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Drop is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Avondale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Avondale is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
    • Bedford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lewisville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Marshall Creek ...

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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshall Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marshall Creek, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marshall Creek.

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 Marshall Creek:

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 Marshall Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Marshall Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.