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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.
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:
- Fannin 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.
- Ladonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Dial
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Silver City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Hail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Honey Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Windom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gober
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dodd City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allen Point is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
- Bailey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Allens Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Frognot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Blue Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Pecan Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jot-Em-Down
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Ben Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Klondike
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Enloe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Grayson County
- Pilot Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Peerless
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Posey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Cumby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Birthright
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Brashear
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Nelta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Rockdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sulphur Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Yowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- Jardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Fairlie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Wolfe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Commerce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Neylandville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- White Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Jacobia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Campbell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Celeste
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Petty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- High
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Brookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Gadston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gadston is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadston
- Ambia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Atlas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Broadway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Frog Hop ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hop
- Toco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Glory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glory is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
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.
- New Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bourland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merrill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyday Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McFarland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broyles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Whittenburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Giles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
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.
- Ladonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pecan Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dial
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Jardin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Gough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gough is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gough
- Ben Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wolfe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Noble is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Honey Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gober
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aberfoyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Commerce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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 64 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. 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 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Lamar 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 Pleasant Grove, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |