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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 Pecan Gap (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 Pecan Gap. 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 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.

Pecan Gap is primarily located in Delta County. A portion of Pecan Gap extends into Fannin 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 Delta County: Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt & Lamar.

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

  • Delta County     (The home county of Pecan Gap)
  • Fannin County
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Gap, with the one closest to Pecan Gap listed first.
    • Peerless
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Posey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgeway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Tira
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tira have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
      • Tira is located in Hopkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Cumby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumby
      • Cumby is located in Hopkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cumby <3>
    • Brashear
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Nelta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nelta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
      • Nelta is located in Hopkins County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nelta
      • From Pecan Gap to Nelta
    • Palestine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palestine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Palestine is located in Hopkins County
    • Dike
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sulphur Bluff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Bluff
      • Sulphur Bluff is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur Bluff <3>
    • Divide
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Gap, with the one closest to Pecan Gap listed first.
    • Yowell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
      • Yowell is located in Hunt County
    • Jardin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
      • Jardin is located in Hunt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jardin
      • From Pecan Gap to Jardin
    • Fairlie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairlie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
      • Fairlie is located in Hunt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairlie
      • From Pecan Gap to Fairlie
    • Commerce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
      • Commerce is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,700 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce <3>
    • Aberfoyle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolfe City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • South Sulphur
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Neylandville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neylandville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
      • Neylandville is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neylandville
      • From Pecan Gap to Neylandville
    • Jacobia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • White Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <3>
    • Celeste
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
      • Celeste is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celeste <3>
    • Kingston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Gap, with the one closest to Pecan Gap listed first.
    • Roxton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Petty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
      • Petty is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petty <3>
    • High
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for High. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
      • High is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to High
      • From Pecan Gap to High
    • Howland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gadston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Brookston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookston
      • Brookston is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookston <3>
    • Atlas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atlas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
      • Atlas is located in Lamar County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Atlas
      • From Pecan Gap to Atlas
    • Frog Hop ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Hop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hop
      • Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
    • Glory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Toco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
      • Toco is located in Lamar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
    • Biardstown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Paris
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Pecan Gap ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pecan Gap.

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

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

  • Bourland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bourland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bourland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bledsoe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bledsoe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bledsoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Broyles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Giles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Giles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Giles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyday Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyday Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyday Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whittenburg Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whittenburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whittenburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Waller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Harmony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baptist Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptist Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baptist Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merrill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (214 more) ...
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McFarland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFarland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McFarland 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pecan Gap had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pecan Gap had a population of 197 people.

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

  • Dial
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ben Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Franklin
    • Ben Franklin is located in Delta County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Franklin <3>
  • Ladonia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Needmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gough
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gough have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gough
    • Gough is located in Delta County
  • Jardin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jardin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
    • Jardin is located in Hunt County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jardin
    • From Pecan Gap to Jardin
  • Noble
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
    • Noble is located in Lamar County
  • Honey Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cooper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Roxton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Petty
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
    • Petty is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petty <3>
  • Windom
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
    • Windom is located in Fannin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <3>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pecan Gap ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pecan Gap.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pecan Gap, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pecan Gap.

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 Pecan Gap:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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 Pecan Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Pecan Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pecan Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4384, Longitude: -95.8470    









 

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