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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 Negro 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 Negro 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 Negro 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Negro Crossing: Negro 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 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.

Negro Crossing is located in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County: Coke, Concho, Irion, Menard, Runnels, Schleicher & Sterling.

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

  • Tom Green County     (The home county of Negro Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Negro Crossing, with the one closest to Negro Crossing listed first.
    • Knickerbocker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • San Angelo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Christoval
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Grape Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
      • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
    • Carlsbad
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
      • Carlsbad is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <1>
    • Veribest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Veribest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
    • Vancourt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Mereta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mereta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mereta
      • Mereta is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mereta <1>
    • Orient
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Orient is located in Tom Green County
    • Water Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
      • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <1>
  • Coke County
  • Concho County
  • Irion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Negro Crossing, with the one closest to Negro Crossing listed first.
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hughes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Hughes is located in Irion County
    • Sherwood ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
      • Sherwood is located in Irion County
    • Mertzon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Runnels County
    • Miles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
      • Miles is located in Runnels County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Negro 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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Negro Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Negro Crossing, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Negro Crossing.

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 Negro Crossing:

Cemeteries Near Negro Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Negro 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.

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

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

  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Belvedere Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belvedere Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belvedere Memorial Cemetery
  • Delta Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Delta Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delta Memorial Cemetery
  • Midway Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
  • DeLong Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the DeLong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DeLong Cemetery
  • Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of San Angelo.
    • The Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Johnson's Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4771 <5>
  • Pioneer Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sherwood Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sherwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sherwood Cemetery
  • Arden Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arden Cemetery
  • Grape Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mertzon Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mertzon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mertzon Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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.<6>

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

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

  • Knickerbocker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Angelo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Christoval
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Arden ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
    • Arden is located in Irion County
  • Sherwood ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
    • Sherwood is located in Irion County
  • Water Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Water Valley is located in Tom Green County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <1>
  • Miles
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Miles is located in Runnels County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <1>

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

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

The official website for Tom Green County: www.co.titus.tx.us/

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>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Negro Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Negro Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3538, Longitude: -100.5368       In this case, the coordinates for Negro Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Negro Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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