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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 Maxey (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 Maxey. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Maxey is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Bryan (OK), Choctaw (OK), Delta, Fannin & Red River.

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

  • Lamar County     (The home county of Maxey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Sumner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hopewell is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • High
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • High is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
    • Brookston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Toco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Toco is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Petty
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Caviness
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Caviness is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
    • Direct
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Direct is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
    • Ambia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ambia is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
    • Belk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Belk is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Roxton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hinckley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hinckley is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
    • Garretts Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Ben Franklin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Enloe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Gap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lake Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jot-Em-Down
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
      • Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
      • Mohegan
      • Muddig Prairie
    • Cooper
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Klondike
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Charleston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Charleston is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Needmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Needmore is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Allen Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Allen Point is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
    • Honey Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Allens Chapel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
    • Carson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Carson is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Dial
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dial is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
    • Telephone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Windom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
    • Dodd City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Hail
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hail is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
    • Ladonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivanhoe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Tira
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tira is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Peerless
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Peerless is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Posey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Posey is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Yowell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Yowell is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
    • Jardin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jardin is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
    • Fairlie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairlie is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
    • Wolfe City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Detroit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Kanawha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Kanawha is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
    • Liberty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Halesboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Halesboro is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
  • Bryan County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Wade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
    • Albany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bennington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yuba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
    • Yarnaby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
    • Grant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Boswell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Boswell is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boswell <1>
    • Soper
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Soper is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soper <1>
    • Hugo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
    • Frogville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville

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

Cemeteries Near Maxey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxey.

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

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

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

  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Little Vine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pyles Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Prairie Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Caviness Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumner Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • New Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gaugh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Arkansas Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (207 more) ...
    • Dickie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rice Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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>

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

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

  • Sumner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • High
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • High is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
  • Brookston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Emberson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Emberson is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emberson
  • Petty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ambia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ambia is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
  • Direct
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Direct is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
  • Selfs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Selfs is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfs
  • Noble
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Noble is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Roxton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Paris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hinckley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hinckley is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Monkstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Monkstown is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkstown
    • Honey Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Atlas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Atlas is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas

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

Newspapers Published in Maxey ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxey, 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 Maxey.

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 Maxey:

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 Maxey, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maxey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.