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 Post Oak (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 Post Oak. 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.
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 and doctors 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.
Post Oak is located in Delta 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 Delta County: Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Post Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Post Oak:
- Delta County (The home county of Post Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Lake Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Enloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ben Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jot-Em-Down
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Needmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pecan Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Dial
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Ladonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Honey Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Allen Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Point is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
- Windom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Hail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Gober
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dodd City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Hagansport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Purley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Tira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Birthright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Posey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Nelta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Peerless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Sulphur Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dike
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Rockdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Weaver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Brashear
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saltillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Yowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- Jardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Commerce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Aberfoyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neylandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Wolfe City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jacobia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Gadston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gadston is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadston
- Broadway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Frog Hop ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hop
- Howland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Taylor Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Glory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glory is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Atlas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Biardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
- Roxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ambia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Clardy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Cunningham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Halesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Bogata
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Detroit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sherry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Titus County
- Talco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Post Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Post Oak.
Cemeteries Near Post Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Post Oak.
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 Post Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Post Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clark Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Cooper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317700 <3>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Winfrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Shed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Shed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Shed Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Cooper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2721 <3>
- East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east of Cooper.
- The East Delta Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Delta Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1260994 <3>
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Aiguier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hazel Dell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slabtown 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.<4>
While we didn't find Post Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Post Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Post Oak, with the one closest to Post Oak listed first.
- Prattville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Prattville is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Lake Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Cooper
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Addran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Addran is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addran
- Birthright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Broadway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Nelta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Peerless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockford is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Glory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glory is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ben Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gough
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gough is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gough
- Biardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Post Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Post Oak.
Newspapers Published in Post Oak ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Post Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Post Oak, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Post Oak.
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 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 Post Oak:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Delta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fannin County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Lamar County
- Red River County
- Titus 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Post Oak) 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 Post Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |