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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 Mountain Peak (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 Mountain Peak. 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 Mountain Peak ...

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 Mountain Peak: Mtn. Peak

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 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.

Mountain Peak is located in Ellis 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 Ellis County: Dallas, Henderson, Hill, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro & Tarrant.

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

  • Ellis County     (The home county of Mountain Peak)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Midlothian
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Venus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sardis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sardis is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Maypearl
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Boz
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Boz is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
    • Auburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Auburn is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Britton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • Waxahachie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sterrett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sterrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
    • Oak Leaf
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Mansfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forreston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ike
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ike is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Ovilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Glenn Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shamrock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Shamrock is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • DeSoto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Duncanville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lancaster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Prairie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ferris
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cockrell Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Oak Cliff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Oak Cliff is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff
    • Jimtown Junction ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jimtown Junction is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Junction
      • Jimtown Junction has also been known as:
      • Jim Town Junction
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Itasca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Covington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Carl's Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Lovelace
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lovelace is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Brandon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mertens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Blum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bynum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Irene
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Lillian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvarado
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Grandview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuba is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Coyote Flats
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Egan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Briaroaks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Cross Timber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Keene
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Keene is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
    • Parker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Parker is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Burleson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleburne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Joshua
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Frost
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blooming Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cryer Creek ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cryer Creek is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cryer Creek
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Peak, with the one closest to Mountain Peak listed first.
    • Retta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Retta is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
    • Rendon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
    • Oak Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Johnsons Station
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
    • Kennedale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalworthington Gardens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Everman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pantego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • University Park Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Arlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Forest Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgecliff Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
    • Wedgewood East
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wedgewood East is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood East

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

Cemeteries Near Mountain Peak ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Peak.

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 Mountain Peak - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Newton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ozro Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillcrest Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Center League Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Barnesville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Auburn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Greathouse Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Duke Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Odom Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bee Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mountain Peak had a population of 154 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Midlothian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Venus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sardis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sardis is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Auburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Auburn is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Boz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Boz is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
  • Waxahachie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sterrett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sterrett is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
  • Ovilla
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Alvarado
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Mansfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Grandview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nash is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash

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

Newspapers Published in Mountain Peak ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Peak.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Peak, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Peak.

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 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 Mountain Peak:

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>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 Mountain Peak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Mountain Peak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.