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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Mills 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 Mills County: Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas & San Saba.
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:
- Mills 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.
- Center City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Center City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
- Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goldthwaite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bozar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bozar is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
- Mullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Priddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ridge is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Regency ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Regency is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
- Buffalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Ebony ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ebony is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony
- Brown County
- Zephyr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnet County
- Naruna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Comanche County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Energy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Coryell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Evant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bee House
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Pearl
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Purmela
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- King is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Ireland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ireland is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Pottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
- Ohio ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lampasas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Lometa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Senterfitt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
- Adamsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Nix
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Izoro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lampasas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
- San Saba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- San Saba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locker ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Locker is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
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.
- Oneal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nabors Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Long Cove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hurst Ranch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mohler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shaw Bend Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Senterfitt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harmony Ridge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eastview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McMillin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McGirk Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.
- Goldthwaite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lometa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Big Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Valley is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
- Adamsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Evant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nix
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Mullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bee House
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Shive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shive is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Indian Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
- San Saba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Priddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
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 36 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 30 miles [48.3 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 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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Mills County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Burnet County
- Comanche County
- Coryell County
- Hamilton County
- Lampasas County
- San Saba 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 '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'. |