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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 Middlewell (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 Middlewell. 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 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.

Middlewell is located in Moore 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 Moore County: Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Oldham, Potter & Sherman.

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

  • Moore County     (The home county of Middlewell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middlewell, with the one closest to Middlewell listed first.
    • Dumas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Masterson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masterson
      • Masterson is located in Moore County
    • Cactus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
      • Cactus is located in Moore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cactus <1>
    • Sunray
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
      • Sunray is located in Moore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunray <1>
  • Dallam County
    • Dalhart
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middlewell, with the one closest to Middlewell listed first.
    • Channing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hutchinson County
    • Fritch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fritch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritch
      • Fritch is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,928 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fritch <1>
  • Oldham County
    • Tascosa ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
      • Tascosa is located in Oldham County

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

Newspapers Published in Middlewell ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middlewell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middlewell, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middlewell.

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 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 Middlewell:

Cemeteries Near Middlewell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middlewell.

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

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

  • Northlawn Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Northlawn Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Northlawn Memorial Cemetery
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartley Cemetery
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
  • Tascosa Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tascosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tascosa Cemetery
  • Muncy Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muncy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muncy Cemetery
  • Lane Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Memorial Cemetery
  • Palo Duro Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palo Duro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palo Duro Cemetery
  • Whaley Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whaley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whaley 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.<4>

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

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

  • Dumas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Channing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tascosa ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascosa
    • Tascosa is located in Oldham County
  • Ady
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ady have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ady
    • Ady is located in Potter County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Middlewell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Middlewell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Middlewell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7648, Longitude: -102.1246       In this case, the coordinates for Middlewell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Middlewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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