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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 Oletha (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 Oletha. 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 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.

Oletha is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, McLennan, Navarro & Robertson.

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

  • Limestone County     (The home county of Oletha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oletha, with the one closest to Oletha listed first.
    • Lost Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
    • Farrar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
      • Farrar is located in Limestone County
    • Thornton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Personville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
      • Personville is located in Limestone County
    • Groesbeck
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kosse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
      • Kosse is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
    • Fallon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
      • Fallon is located in Limestone County
    • Mexia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <1>
    • Frosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
    • Tehuacana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Coolidge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coolidge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
      • Coolidge is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolidge <1>
    • Prairie Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
      • Prairie Hill is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie Hill <1>
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oletha, with the one closest to Oletha listed first.
    • Stranger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
    • Reagan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reagan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
      • Reagan is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reagan <1>
    • Otto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
      • Otto is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otto <1>
    • Highbank
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
      • Highbank is located in Falls County
    • Marlin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Perry is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oletha, with the one closest to Oletha listed first.
    • Donie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Freestone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
    • Teague
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teague have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <1>
    • Cotton Gin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Dew
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
    • Lanely
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lanely. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
    • Kirvin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wortham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wortham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
      • Wortham is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wortham <1>
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oletha, with the one closest to Oletha listed first.
    • Marquez
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Newby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
      • Newby is located in Leon County
    • Jewett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Flynn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flynn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
      • Flynn is located in Leon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flynn <1>
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wealthy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
    • Normangee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normangee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normangee
      • Normangee is located in Leon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normangee <1>
    • Leona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
      • Leona is located in Leon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leona <1>
  • McLennan County
    • Mart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
      • Mart is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <1>
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oletha, with the one closest to Oletha listed first.
    • Seale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
    • Owensville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
      • Owensville is located in Robertson County
    • Bremond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • New Baden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Robertson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,643 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <1>
    • Hammond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
    • Elliot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elliot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Calvert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Oletha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oletha.

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

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

  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Potter Shop Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Shop Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Shop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sansom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sansom Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sansom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McKenzie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKenzie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKenzie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pace Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whartley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whartley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whartley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seale - Round Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seale - Round Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seale - Round Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bumpus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bumpus Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bumpus Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2647 <5>
  • Masters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lenamon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lenamon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lenamon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Capps Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capps Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (186 more) ...
    • King - Williams Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Head Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Head Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Head Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

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

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

  • Seale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
  • Headsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Headsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
    • Headsville is located in Robertson County
  • Bald Prairie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
  • Farrar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
    • Farrar is located in Limestone County
  • Thornton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Personville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
    • Personville is located in Limestone County
  • Marquez
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kosse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
  • Groesbeck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Petteway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petteway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petteway
    • Petteway is located in Robertson County
  • Prairie Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
    • Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
  • Jewett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Luna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
      • Luna is located in Freestone County
    • Stranger
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
      • Stranger is located in Falls County

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

Newspapers Published in Oletha ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oletha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oletha, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oletha.

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 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 Oletha:

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

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 '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- Oletha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oletha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3585, Longitude: -96.4130       In this case, the coordinates for Oletha 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 Oletha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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