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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 Union (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 Union. 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 and 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.

Old Union is located in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County: Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker & Wise.

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

  • Tarrant County     (The home county of Old Union)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Bransford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
    • Colleyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
    • Bedford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Keller
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Euless
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurst
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hurst is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <1>
    • North Richland Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
    • Watauga
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Richland Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Haltom City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Haslet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hebron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Frisco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Plano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Plano is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <1>
    • Rockhill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockhill is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Allen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Prosper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Parker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Comanche County
    • Cross Roads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Grapevine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Coppell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Irving
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Lewisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
    • Farmers Branch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Grand Prairie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Addison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Ford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Cockrell Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Southlake
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Westlake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trophy Club
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Flower Mound
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Roanoke
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshall Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Double Oak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bartonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Elizabethtown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Copper Canyon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Highland Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Northlake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Corral City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Corral City is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Mansfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Britton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Crowley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lillian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Burleson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Azle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <1>
    • Reno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Sanctuary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Union, with the one closest to Old Union listed first.
    • Rhome
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Newark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • New Fairview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • New Fairview is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Former name for New Fairview:
      • Fairview
    • Aurora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluett is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluett
    • Briar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Boyd
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Herman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Herman is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman

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

Cemeteries Near Old Union ...

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

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

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

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

  • Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Parker Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Grapevine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grapevine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grapevine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1140447 <2>
  • Bear Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Medlin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Roanoke IOOF Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Arwine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Colloway Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Haley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrington Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Martin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomlin Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gibbons Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Bransford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bransford is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
  • Grapevine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bedford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Keller
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Smithfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithfield is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
  • Estelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Estelle is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
  • Roanoke
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Watauga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Coppell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bartonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sowers ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sowers is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
  • Lewisville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ederville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ederville is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ederville
    • Haslet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Old Union ...

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 226 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Union.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Union, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Union.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Old Union:

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 Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.