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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Parnell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Parnell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Parnell, please Contact Us.

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 Parnell (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 Parnell. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Parnell is historic, it would have been located within present day Roberts 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 Roberts County: Carson, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree & Wheeler.

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

  • Roberts County     (The home county of Parnell)
    • Miami
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
  • Carson County
    • Skellytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gray County
    • Pampa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pampa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pampa
      • Pampa is located in Gray County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,860 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pampa <3>
  • Hansford County
    • Spearman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hemphill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
    • Mendota ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
      • Mendota is located in Hemphill County
    • Canadian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Clear Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Lipscomb County
    • Locust Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
      • Locust Grove is located in Lipscomb County
  • Ochiltree County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
    • Ochiltree ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ochiltree. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochiltree
      • Ochiltree is located in Ochiltree County
    • Waka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Farnsworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Parnell ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parnell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parnell, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parnell.

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 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 Parnell:

Cemeteries Near Parnell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parnell.

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

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

  • Black Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Cemetery
  • Holt Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Memory Garden
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Garden
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Edith Ford Memorial Cemeteries
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Ochiltree Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ochiltree Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> to the north of Perryton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ochiltree Cemetery
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Washita Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washita 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.

Parnell itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Miami
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
  • Codman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Codman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codman
    • Codman is located in Roberts County
  • Mendota ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
    • Mendota is located in Hemphill County
  • Canadian
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Ochiltree ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ochiltree. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochiltree
    • Ochiltree is located in Ochiltree County

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Parnell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parnell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parnell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8975, Longitude: -100.8196       In this case, the coordinates for Parnell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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