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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 Old Caseyville 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 Old Caseyville 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 Old Caseyville 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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Old Caseyville Crossing: Old Caseyville 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 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.

Old Caseyville Crossing is located in Young 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 Young County: Archer, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens & Throckmorton.

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

  • Young County     (The home county of Old Caseyville Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Caseyville Crossing, with the one closest to Old Caseyville Crossing listed first.
    • Bunger
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Bunger is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunger
    • South Bend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Graham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Eliasville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Eliasville is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
    • Newcastle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Murray
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Murray is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Loving
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Proffitt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Proffitt is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffitt
    • Farmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Farmer is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Olney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Padgett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Padgett is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Caseyville Crossing, with the one closest to Old Caseyville Crossing listed first.
    • Bryson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bob Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bob Town is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Town
    • Jermyn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Palo Pinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Caseyville Crossing, with the one closest to Old Caseyville Crossing listed first.
    • Graford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Palo Pinto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Caseyville Crossing, with the one closest to Old Caseyville Crossing listed first.
    • Caddo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Breckenridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Necessity
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Necessity is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity
    • La Casa ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • La Casa is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
    • Wayland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayland is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
  • Throckmorton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Caseyville Crossing, with the one closest to Old Caseyville Crossing listed first.
    • Woodson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elbert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert

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

Cemeteries Near Old Caseyville Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Caseyville 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.

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 Old Caseyville Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Tonk Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Gooseneck Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • South Bend Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Home Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Medlan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ming Bend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Peveler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Veale Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Eliasville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • South Prairie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Donnell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • South Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Graham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Eliasville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eliasville is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
  • Bryson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Murray
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Murray is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Caddo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Farmer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Farmer is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
  • Breckenridge
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Palo Pinto
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Olney
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Markley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Markley is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markley
  • Oran
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oran is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
  • La Casa ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • La Casa is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
  • Jacksboro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Old Caseyville 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Caseyville Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Caseyville Crossing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Caseyville Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Old Caseyville Crossing:

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 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.
<3>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 Old Caseyville Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Old Caseyville Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.