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Introduction ...

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

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

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 occur.

While the name of this community is Minters Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Minters Chapel may originally have been Minter's Chapel.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Minters Chapel might be written as Minter Chapel.

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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Minters Chapel is historic, it would have been located within present day Tarrant 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 Tarrant County: Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker & Wise.

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

  • Tarrant County     (The home county of Minters Chapel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Euless
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bedford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Colleyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bransford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Hurst
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <3>
    • North Richland Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Smithfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Arlington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Keller
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • University Park Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Richland Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Watauga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Pantego
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hebron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Frisco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <3>
    • Rockhill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Murphy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Allen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
    • Sachse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Parker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Grapevine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Estelle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Irving
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Coppell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmers Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Grand Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lewisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Trinity Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Eagle Ford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Addison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cockrell Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Southlake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flower Mound
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Westlake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trophy Club
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Double Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Marshall Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Roanoke
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Copper Canyon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Highland Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Elizabethtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Lake Dallas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Mansfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Britton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • Oak Leaf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Midlothian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Red Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Lillian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Crowley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burleson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Briaroaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Azle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <3>
    • Reno
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Sanctuary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Newark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rhome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Aurora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Briar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar

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

Cemeteries Near Minters Chapel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minters Chapel.

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 Minters Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bear Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Parker Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Harrington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grapevine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grapevine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grapevine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1140447 <4>
  • Colloway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Haley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sowers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Arwine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Tomlin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gibbons Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (169 more) ...
    • West Fork Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Parker Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Memorial Gardens
      • The Moore Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • White Chapel Memorial Garden
      • White Chapel Memorial Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #198314 <4>

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.

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

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

  • Grapevine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Estelle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Estelle is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
  • Bedford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sowers ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sowers is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
  • Coppell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bransford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
  • Smithfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
  • Arlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Grand Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Farmers Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Keller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Eagle Ford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Trinity Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Lewisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Watauga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Minters Chapel ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minters Chapel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minters Chapel, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minters Chapel.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Minters Chapel:

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 Minters Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Minters Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.