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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 have occurred.

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 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 Minters Chapel is historic, it would have been located within present day Tarrant 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleyville
      • Colleyville is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,085 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colleyville <3>
    • Bransford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bransford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
    • Hurst
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurst have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Richland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Richland Hills
      • North Richland Hills is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,949 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Richland Hills <3>
    • Smithfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
    • Arlington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Keller
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keller. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
      • Keller is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,939 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keller <3>
    • University Park Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park Village
      • University Park Village is located in Tarrant County
    • Richland Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Hills
      • Richland Hills is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,841 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland Hills <3>
    • Watauga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watauga have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
      • Watauga is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,188 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watauga <3>
    • Pantego
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pantego have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
      • Pantego is located in Tarrant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,496 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pantego <3>
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minters Chapel, with the one closest to Minters Chapel listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Carrollton is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,892 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrollton <3>
    • Hebron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
    • Murphy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Murphy is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <3>
    • Allen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sachse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachse
      • Sachse is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,964 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sachse <3>
    • Parker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
      • Prosper is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,957 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prosper <3>
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estelle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
    • Irving
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irving have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
      • Irving is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240,916 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irving <3>
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sowers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
    • Coppell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coppell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppell
      • Coppell is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,958 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coppell <3>
    • Farmers Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Branch
      • Farmers Branch is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmers Branch <3>
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trinity Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
    • Eagle Ford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
    • Addison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Addison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
      • Addison is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addison <3>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Mound
      • Flower Mound is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flower Mound <3>
    • Westlake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trophy Club
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trophy Club have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trophy Club
      • Trophy Club is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trophy Club <3>
    • Double Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Oak
      • Double Oak is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Double Oak <3>
    • Marshall Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
    • Roanoke
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
      • Bartonville is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bartonville <3>
    • Copper Canyon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Canyon
      • Copper Canyon is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copper Canyon <3>
    • Highland Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,885 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Village <3>
    • Hickory Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
      • Hickory Creek is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,999 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Creek <3>
    • Elizabethtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
    • Haslet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haslet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslet
      • Haslet is located in Denton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haslet <3>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Britton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
    • Oak Leaf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Leaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Midlothian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Red Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
      • Red Oak is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,098 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Oak <3>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lillian have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
      • Lillian is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lillian <3>
    • Crowley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
      • Crowley is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,593 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowley <3>
    • Burleson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Briaroaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briaroaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Sanctuary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanctuary have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Wise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <3>
    • Rhome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhome have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhome
      • Rhome is located in Wise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhome <3>
    • New Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Aurora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Wise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <3>
    • Bluett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
    • Briar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
      • Briar is located in Wise County

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harrington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harrington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 the 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 <6>
  • Colloway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colloway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colloway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tomlin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomlin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tomlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gibbons Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibbons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • West Fork Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Fork Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Parker Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Moore Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <6>

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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estelle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Estelle is located in Dallas County
  • Bedford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sowers ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sowers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Sowers is located in Dallas County
  • Coppell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coppell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppell
    • Coppell is located in Dallas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,958 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coppell <3>
  • Bransford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bransford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
  • Smithfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Branch
    • Farmers Branch is located in Dallas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmers Branch <3>
  • Keller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keller. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Keller is located in Tarrant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,939 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keller <3>
  • Eagle Ford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
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    • Trinity Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trinity Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
    • Carrollton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
      • Carrollton is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,892 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrollton <3>
    • Lewisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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]<7>. 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

The official website for Tarrant County: www.tarrantcounty.com/

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 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 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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Minters Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minters Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8857, Longitude: -97.0606       In this case, the coordinates for Minters Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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