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 Valley (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 Valley. 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 Valley ...
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 Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Valley.
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 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 Valley is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Dallas County (The home county of Pleasant Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Rowlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Buckingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Richardson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnyvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rawlins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Mesquite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- University Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Balch Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Sachse
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Murphy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lavon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Copeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- The Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Lakewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Little Elm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Dallas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
- Providence Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Highland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shady Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Shores is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Ellis County
- Walnut Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Union Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Caddo Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hendrix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Merit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Quinlan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boles Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Hawk Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Weiland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Heath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Poetry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Talty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Terrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lone Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Post Oak Bend City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Ables Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Elmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Kaufman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Rockwall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mobile City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Fate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blackland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- McLendon - Chisholm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley.
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 Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big A Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Race Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Race Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Race Cemetery is located outside of Garland
- The Race Cemetery has also been known as:
- Catlett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2148473 <2>
- Rowlett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McShan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Wylie / Kreymer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wylie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McMillan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Moulden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy / Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pleasant Valley had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Sachse
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rowlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Parker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockwall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Heath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Lavon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Reinhardt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley ...
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 251 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Valley.
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 Valley:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant 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 Valley, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |