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Introduction ...

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

We've added McGirk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McGirk, 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 McGirk (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 McGirk. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of McGirk is historic, it would have been located within present day Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas & Mills.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of McGirk)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGirk, with the one closest to McGirk listed first.
    • Pottsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
      • Pottsville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottsville <3>
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
      • Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
    • Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiteway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
      • Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
      • Whiteway has also been known as:
      • White Way
    • Spurlin ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spurlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
      • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
    • Agee ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Agee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
      • Agee is located in Hamilton County
    • Carlton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Brown County
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGirk, with the one closest to McGirk listed first.
    • Energy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gustine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gustine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustine
      • Gustine is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gustine <3>
    • Wilson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Comanche County
    • Ararat ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ararat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
      • Ararat is located in Comanche County
    • Comanche
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGirk, with the one closest to McGirk listed first.
    • Evant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evant
      • Evant is located in Coryell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evant <3>
    • Bee House
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
    • Ireland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
      • Ireland is located in Coryell County
    • Purmela
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purmela have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purmela
      • Purmela is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purmela <3>
    • King
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • King is located in Coryell County
    • Levita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
      • Levita is located in Coryell County
    • Jonesboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGirk, with the one closest to McGirk listed first.
    • Lometa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Izoro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senterfitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
    • Nix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McGirk, with the one closest to McGirk listed first.
    • Star
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Mills County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <3>
    • Center City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
      • Center City is located in Mills County
    • Goldthwaite
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Priddy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bozar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
      • Bozar is located in Mills County
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williams Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
      • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
    • Mullin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
      • Ridge is located in Mills County
  • San Saba County

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

Newspapers Published in McGirk ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around McGirk.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McGirk, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McGirk.

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 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 McGirk:

Cemeteries Near McGirk ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGirk.

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

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

  • Eastview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastview Cemetery
  • McGirk Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGirk Cemetery
  • Ward Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
  • Hurst Ranch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurst Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurst Ranch Cemetery
  • Pecan Wells Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Wells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Wells Cemetery
  • Perkins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkins Cemetery
  • Center City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center City Cemetery
  • Kingsbury Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingsbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingsbury Cemetery
  • Cottage Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottage Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Hill Cemetery
  • Spivey - Baxter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spivey - Baxter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spivey - Baxter Cemetery
  • West Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Point Cemetery
  • Langford Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langford Cemetery
  • Continue List   (96 more) ...
    • Murphy Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphy Cemetery
    • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope 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.

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

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

  • Shive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
    • Shive is located in Hamilton County
  • Pottsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Pottsville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottsville <3>
  • Evant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evant
    • Evant is located in Coryell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evant <3>
  • Indian Gap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
    • Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
  • Goldthwaite
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ohio ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
  • Priddy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bee House
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
    • Bee House is located in Coryell County
  • Adamsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
  • Hamilton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Pearl is located in Coryell County
  • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williams Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
    • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gentrys Mill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gentrys Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
      • Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Mullin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Big Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
      • Big Valley is located in Mills County

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

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 McGirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- McGirk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McGirk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5174, Longitude: -98.3315       In this case, the coordinates for McGirk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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