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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 Pettit (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 Pettit. 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 southeast 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 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.

Pettit is located in Hockley 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 Hockley County: Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry & Yoakum.

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

  • Hockley County     (The home county of Pettit)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
    • Pep
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pep have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pep
      • Pep is located in Hockley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pep <2>
    • Whitharral
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitharral have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitharral
      • Whitharral is located in Hockley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitharral <2>
    • Levelland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levelland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levelland
      • Levelland is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Levelland <2>
    • Opdyke West
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opdyke West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opdyke West
      • Opdyke West is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Sundown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
      • Sundown is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sundown <2>
    • Anton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
      • Anton is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <2>
    • Smyer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyer
      • Smyer is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyer <2>
    • Roundup
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
      • Roundup is located in Hockley County
    • Lockettville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
      • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
    • Ropesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bailey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
    • Bula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bula have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bula
      • Bula is located in Bailey County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bula <2>
    • Enochs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enochs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochs
      • Enochs is located in Bailey County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enochs <2>
    • Maple
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cochran County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
    • Whiteface
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiteface have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
      • Whiteface is located in Cochran County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteface <2>
    • Morton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bledsoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bledsoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
      • Bledsoe is located in Cochran County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bledsoe <2>
  • Lamb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
    • Littlefield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
      • Littlefield is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlefield <2>
    • Amherst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sudan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
      • Sudan is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sudan <2>
    • Spade
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Spade is located in Lamb County
    • Fieldton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldton
      • Fieldton is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fieldton <2>
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
    • Reese Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reese Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
      • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
    • Shallowater
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Terry County
    • Meadow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Pettit ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettit.

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

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

  • St. Phillips Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Phillips Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Levelland Municipal Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitharral Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitharral Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitharral Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bula Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bula Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bula Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991244 <3>
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enochs Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Littlefield Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Littlefield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Littlefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Anton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amherst Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amherst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sudan Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sudan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sudan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ropesville Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ropesville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ropesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baileyboro Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Pettit ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettit.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettit, 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 Pettit.

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 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 Pettit:

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

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>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>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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pettit) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pettit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6970, Longitude: -102.5246       In this case, the coordinates for Pettit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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