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 Peters Prairie (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 Peters Prairie. 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 Peters Prairie ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Peters Prairie: Peters Pr.
- While the name of this community is Peters Prairie, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Peters Prairie may originally have been Peter's Prairie.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Peters Prairie might be written as Peter Prairie.
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 southeast 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 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.
Peters Prairie is located in Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.
Below are the counties that are near Peters Prairie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peters Prairie:
- Red River County (The home county of Peters Prairie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Annona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Cuthand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Boxelder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- English
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Avery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bagwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bogata
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Acworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dalby Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Bassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Hagansport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- Sulphur Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Deport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cunningham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pattonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blossom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clardy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Pin Hook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Sun Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sylvan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Taylor Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Novice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Novice is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
- Biardstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
- Reno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Omaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naples
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <2>
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Talco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Cookville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Miller's Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Choctaw County (OK)
- Frogville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Idabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <2>
- Garvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Haworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peters Prairie, see our County-by-County Page for Peters Prairie.
Cemeteries Near Peters Prairie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peters Prairie.
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 Peters Prairie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peters Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brewster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cuthand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cuthand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cuthand.
- The Cuthand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garvinsville Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968428 <3>
- Fairgrounds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKenzie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitemans Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Free Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (131 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Savannah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Warthan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Peters Prairie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peters Prairie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peters Prairie, with the one closest to Peters Prairie listed first.
- Annona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cuthand
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Madras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Madras is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
- Rosalie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosalie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- English
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Bagwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bogata
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wilkinson is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Fulbright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Lydia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Halesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Oak Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Deport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peters Prairie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peters Prairie.
Newspapers Published in Peters Prairie ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peters Prairie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peters Prairie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peters Prairie.
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 Peters Prairie:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Morris County
- Titus County
- Choctaw County
- McCurtain County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Peters Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peters Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |