Our Genealogy Helper
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 Parsley 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 Parsley 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 Parsley 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Parsley Crossing: Parsley 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Parsley Crossing is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Lampasas & Mills.
Below are the counties that are near Parsley Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parsley Crossing:
- Hamilton County (The home county of Parsley Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Ohio ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whiteway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
- Whiteway has also been known as:
- White Way
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Pottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lanham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lanham is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
- Agee ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Agee is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
- Spurlin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bosque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Cranfills Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norse is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
- Comanche County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Energy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gustine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Newburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Ararat ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Coryell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Evant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ireland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ireland is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Purmela
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bee House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Pearl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Levita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Levita is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
- Jonesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- King
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Turnersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Gatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Mountain is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Fort Gates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
- Coryell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coryell is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
- Lampasas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Izoro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lometa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Center City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Center City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
- Priddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bozar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bozar is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
- Goldthwaite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parsley Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Parsley Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Parsley Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parsley 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 Parsley Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parsley Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Cowhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Langford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willy Grubb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edwards Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Wood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Parsley Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parsley Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parsley Crossing, with the one closest to Parsley Crossing listed first.
- Ohio ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Evant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shive is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Purmela
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bee House
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Pearl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Levita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Levita is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
- Jonesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lanham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lanham is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gentrys Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gentrys Mill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
- King
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Adamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parsley Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parsley Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Parsley 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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parsley Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parsley Crossing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parsley Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Parsley Crossing:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hamilton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bosque County
- Comanche County
- Coryell County
- Lampasas County
- Mills County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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 Parsley Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Parsley Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |