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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 Proffitt Crossing (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 Proffitt Crossing. 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 Proffitt Crossing ...

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 Proffitt Crossing: Proffitt Xing.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Proffitt Crossing is located in Young 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 Young County: Archer, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens & Throckmorton.

Below are the counties that are near Proffitt Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Proffitt Crossing:

  • Young County     (The home county of Proffitt Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.
    • Proffitt
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Proffitt is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffitt
    • Padgett
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Padgett is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
    • Newcastle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Olney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Murray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Murray is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Eliasville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Eliasville is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
    • Graham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmer is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • South Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Loving
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bunger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bunger is located in Young County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunger
  • Archer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.
    • Megargel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Anarene ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Anarene is located in Archer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anarene
    • Archer City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Baylor County
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.
    • Jermyn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bryson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Shackelford County
    • Fort Griffin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Griffin is located in Shackelford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Griffin
  • Throckmorton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.
    • Elbert
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
    • Woodson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Throckmorton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Proffitt Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Proffitt Crossing.

Cemeteries Near Proffitt Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Proffitt Crossing.

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 Proffitt Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Proffitt Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.

  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Proffitt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Padgett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Woolfolk Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Newcastle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Orth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Belknap Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wray Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...

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 Proffitt Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Proffitt Crossing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Proffitt Crossing, with the one closest to Proffitt Crossing listed first.

  • Spring Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Throckmorton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Olney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Murray
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Murray is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Throckmorton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Round Timber ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
  • Eliasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Eliasville is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
  • Graham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • South Bend
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmer is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
  • Markley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Markley is located in Young County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markley
  • Fort Griffin
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Griffin is located in Shackelford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Griffin
  • Bryson
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Archer City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Proffitt Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Proffitt Crossing.

Newspapers Published in Proffitt Crossing ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Proffitt Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Proffitt Crossing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Proffitt Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Proffitt Crossing:

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 Proffitt Crossing, 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- Proffitt Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.