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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Middle Crossing (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 Middle Crossing. 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 Middle Crossing ...

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 Middle Crossing: Middle Xing.

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 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.

Middle Crossing is located in Coryell 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 Coryell County: Bell, Bosque, Hamilton, Lampasas & McLennan.

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

  • Coryell County     (The home county of Middle Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Comanche Village I
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Comanche Village III
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Montague Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Flat
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Gates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • King
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Leon Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gatesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Fort Hood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • McNair Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Chaffee Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Walker Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Killeen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Copperas Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookhaven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Harker Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nolanville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Ding Dong
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Moffat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • Burnet County
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Kempner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Izoro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Adamsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Lampasas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Moody
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Moody is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
    • Crawford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Crossing, with the one closest to Middle Crossing listed first.
    • Florence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jarrell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Andice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Middle Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middle Crossing.

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 Middle Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Henderson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pidcoke Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Copperas Cove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ruth Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Bruce Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gotcher Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sibley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Pidcoke
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
  • Killeen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Brookhaven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Mound
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • King
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • King is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Fort Gates
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
  • Kempner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Nolanville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Leon Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Gatesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • The Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • The Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Oakalla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
    • Pecan Grove ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Youngsport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Youngsport is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport

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

Newspapers Published in Middle Crossing ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middle Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middle Crossing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middle Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Middle Crossing:

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 Middle Crossing, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Middle Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.