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 Pleasant Grove (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 Pleasant Grove. 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 Pleasant Grove ...
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 Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Falls 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 Falls County: Bell, Limestone, McLennan, Milam & Robertson.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Falls County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Wilderville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Highbank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
- Zipperlandville has also been known as:
- Zipperlen
- Zipperlenville
- Marlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barclay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Westphalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Chilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durango
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Durango is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
- McClanahan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Satin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Ocker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ocker is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
- Meeks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Cyclone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cyclone is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Edgeworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Oenaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oenaville is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
- Rogers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heidenheimer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pendleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Temple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Academy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Little River Academy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little River Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Academy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Little River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Kosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Hur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- McLennan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Rosenthal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
- Riesel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eddy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Downsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Lorena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lorena is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Mart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hewitt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Battle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Moody
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Baileyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Maysfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Branchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Buckholts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Gause
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Hammond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Bremond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Calvert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Owensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Owensville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- Elliot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hearne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
- New Baden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Powers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pearson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caddo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bozeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Facieo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Ray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herndon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Wilderville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Travis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Travis is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis
- Baileyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarkson is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Reagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Barclay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Ben Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ben Arnold is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Arnold
- Jones Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Bremond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Falls County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Limestone County
- McLennan County
- Milam County
- Robertson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pleasant Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |