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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 Pampa (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 Pampa. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Pampa is located in Gray County and is the County Seat.

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 Gray County: Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts & Wheeler.

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

  • Gray County     (The home county of Pampa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pampa, with the one closest to Pampa listed first.
    • Kingsmill ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsmill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
      • Kingsmill is located in Gray County
    • Bowers City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowers City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers City
      • Bowers City is located in Gray County
    • Lefors
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lefors have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefors
      • Lefors is located in Gray County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 475 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lefors <2>
    • Wesco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
      • Wesco is located in Gray County
    • Alanreed
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alanreed have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanreed
      • Alanreed is located in Gray County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alanreed <2>
    • McLean
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLean have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
      • McLean is located in Gray County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLean <2>
  • Carson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pampa, with the one closest to Pampa listed first.
    • Skellytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • White Deer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Groom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom
      • Groom is located in Carson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groom <2>
    • Panhandle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hutchinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pampa, with the one closest to Pampa listed first.
    • Phillips
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Phillips is located in Hutchinson County
    • Borger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borger
      • Borger is located in Hutchinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borger <2>
    • Electric City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electric City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric City
      • Electric City is located in Hutchinson County
  • Roberts County
    • Miami
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
      • Miami is located in Roberts County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <2>
  • Wheeler County
    • Mobeetie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pampa ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pampa.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pampa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pampa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pampa.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Pampa.

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 Pampa:

Cemeteries Near Pampa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pampa.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Memory Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Garden
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • White Deer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elderidge Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elderidge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elderidge Cemetery
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Highland Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Park
  • Panhandle Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Groom Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jericho Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jericho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jericho Cemetery
    • Boydston Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boydston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boydston Cemetery
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
    • Mobeetie Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mobeetie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mobeetie Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Codman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Codman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codman
    • Codman is located in Roberts County
  • White Deer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Miami
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Miami is located in Roberts County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <2>
  • Boydston
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boydston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydston
    • Boydston is located in Donley County
  • Parnell ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parnell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
    • Parnell is located in Roberts County
  • Panhandle
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mobeetie
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

The official website for Pampa: www.cityofpampa.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Pampa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pampa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5468, Longitude: -100.9652       In this case, the coordinates for Pampa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Pampa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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