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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 Neinda (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 Neinda. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Neinda is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Callahan, Fisher, Haskell, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall & Taylor.

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

  • Jones County     (The home county of Neinda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neinda, with the one closest to Neinda listed first.
    • Radium
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Radium is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
    • Anson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tuxedo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuxedo is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
    • Funston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Funston is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
    • Stith
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Stith is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stith
    • Hawley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Avoca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
    • Lueders
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Fisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neinda, with the one closest to Neinda listed first.
    • Hamlin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • McCaulley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
    • Sylvester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Royston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Royston is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston
    • Roby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rotan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Capitola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Capitola is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Claytonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
    • Hobbs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neinda, with the one closest to Neinda listed first.
    • Stamford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sagerton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Plainview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plainview is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Rule
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rule is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rule <1>
  • Nolan County
    • Sweetwater
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonewall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neinda, with the one closest to Neinda listed first.
    • Flat Top
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Flat Top is located in Stonewall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
    • Old Glory
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Aspermont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Double Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neinda, with the one closest to Neinda listed first.
    • Trent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Merkel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Tye
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Tye is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <1>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Impact
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Impact is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people

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

Cemeteries Near Neinda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neinda.

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 Neinda - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Anderson Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlin Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hamlin Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hamlin.
    • The Hamlin Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Cemetery
    • Hamlin East Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3335 <3>
  • North Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • North Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Afton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sylvester Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Truby Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Roby Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Capron Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawley Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Stamford Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Neinda had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hitson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hitson is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitson
  • Anson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Roby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fisher
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fisher is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Eskota
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eskota is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
  • Trent
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Merkel
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Aspermont
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Phantom Hill
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
  • Claytonville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
  • Hobbs
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hobbs is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Sweetwater
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Double Mountain
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain

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

Newspapers Published in Neinda ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neinda.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neinda, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neinda.

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 Neinda:

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>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- Neinda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Neinda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.