Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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

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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 Maxon (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 Maxon. 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 Maxon ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Maxon has also been known as: Maxon Springs.

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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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 Maxon is historic, it would have been located within present day Brewster 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 Brewster County: Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio & Terrell.

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

• Brewster County     (The home county of Maxon)
  • Marathon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
    • Marathon is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <2>
• Pecos County
  • Longfellow ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
    • Longfellow is located in Pecos County
• Terrell County
  • Sanderson
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanderson
    • Sanderson is located in Terrell County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanderson <2>

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

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 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 Maxon:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Brewster County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Pecos County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Terrell County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Brewster County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas

Cemeteries Near Maxon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxon.

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

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

• Marathon Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marathon Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207540 <4>
• Cedar Grove Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
• Santa Rita Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rita Cemetery

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.

Maxon itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

• Haymond
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haymond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
  • Haymond is located in Brewster County
• Longfellow ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
  • Longfellow is located in Pecos County
• Warwick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Brewster County
• Marathon
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
  • Marathon is located in Brewster County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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