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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 Nevada (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 Nevada. 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 doctors 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.

Nevada is located in Collin 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 Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.

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

  • Collin County     (The home county of Nevada)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Josephine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Copeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lavon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Royse City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clear Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Clear Lake is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Farmersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wylie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Saint Paul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Princeton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lucas is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
    • Sachse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lowry Crossing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Rowlett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyvale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • New Hope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Buckingham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Buckingham is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • Richardson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mesquite
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rawlins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rawlins is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
    • Balch Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Addison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Denton County
    • The Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fannin County
  • Grayson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Pilot Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Cannon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cannon is located in Grayson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Hunt County
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Heath
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Poetry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Terrell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ables Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Talty
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
    • Elmo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
    • College Mound
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
    • Crandall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Star
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Hooker Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • East Tawakoni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
    • Fate
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mobile City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Blackland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rockwall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people

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

Cemeteries Near Nevada ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nevada.

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

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

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

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 Nevada had a population of 247 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Nevada had a population of 1,327 people.

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

  • Lavon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Josephine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Copeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Millwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Millwood is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
  • Royse City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fate
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Caddo Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Farmersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wylie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wylie is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
  • Rockwall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Floyd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Floyd is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Saint Paul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Sachse
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Nevada. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nevada.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nevada ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nevada.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nevada. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nevada and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nevada.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> of Nevada.

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 helpful 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 Nevada:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nevada) 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 Nevada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.