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 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 Valley is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
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:
- Hunt 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.
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Caddo Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Merit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hendrix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Celeste
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jacobia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- White Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Union Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Weiland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Josephine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Copeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Royse City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lavon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frognot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Clear Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Blue Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Altoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Wylie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Rowlett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Sunnyvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Buckingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Richardson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mesquite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Needmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Jot-Em-Down
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Leonard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orangeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Randolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gober
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edhube
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Hail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Ladonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Pilot Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Cannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Kentucky Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Cumby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Miller Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Poetry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Heath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ables Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Lawrence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Terrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- East Tawakoni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Fate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Mobile City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
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.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dugan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elm Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove Cemetery
- The Prairie Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aleo Cemetery
- Josephine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tatum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McMinn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- David Rush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Twin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Twin Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Farmersville.
- The Twin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Honaker Cemetery
- Honaker - Murchison Cemetery
- Murchison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1875823 <3>
- Farmersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Liberty Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Farmersville.
- The Old Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4825 <3>
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Chapman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Housten Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pleasant Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Clinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Floyd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Josephine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caddo Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wagner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wagner is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Merit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Copeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nevada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kellogg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Royse City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Lavon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
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 84 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 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. 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 like to start 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 Valley:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Dallas County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Rains County
- Rockwall 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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. |