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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 Meadowview (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 Meadowview. 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 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.

Meadowview is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.

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

  • Hunt County     (The home county of Meadowview)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Weiland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Weiland is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
    • Dixon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Dixon is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Greenville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Caddo Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hendrix
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Hendrix is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
    • Clinton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clinton is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Boles Home
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Boles Home is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
    • Quinlan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jacobia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jacobia is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
    • Campbell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Neylandville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Josephine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Royse City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Nevada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Farmersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Copeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lavon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Frognot
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Frognot is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
    • Clear Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Clear Lake is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Blue Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wylie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Princeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Altoga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Altoga is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Rowlett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyvale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Needmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Needmore is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Jot-Em-Down
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Klondike
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecan Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Leonard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bailey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Ladonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gober
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Trenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hail
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hail is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
    • Randolph
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Silver City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Cumby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Miller Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Palestine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Palestine is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Brashear
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
    • Divide
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Divide is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
    • Bonanza
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rockdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Peerless
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Peerless is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
    • Tazewell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Sulphur Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Posey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Posey is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Ables Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
    • Poetry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
    • Elmo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Terrell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Heath
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Lawrence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • College Mound
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
    • Abner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Abner is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
    • Forney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Talty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Hooker Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
    • East Tawakoni
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flats
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Flats is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
    • Emory
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Blackland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackland is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
    • Fate
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fate is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fate <1>
    • Mobile City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Rockwall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Van Zandt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowview, with the one closest to Meadowview listed first.
    • Wills Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Edgewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Meadowview ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadowview.

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

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Boyle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Memoryland Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Sickle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • David Rush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Center Point Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elm Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Weiland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (246 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Wieland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wieland is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
  • Dixon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dixon is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Caddo Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Floyd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Floyd is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Wagner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wagner is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
  • Kellogg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Kellogg is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Lone Oak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Campbell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Neylandville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Jacobia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jacobia is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Josephine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Royse City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston

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

Newspapers Published in Meadowview ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadowview.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadowview, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meadowview.

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 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 Meadowview:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Meadowview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Meadowview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.