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 Richland (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 Richland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Richland is located in Navarro 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 Navarro County: Anderson, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill & Limestone.
Below are the counties that are near Richland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richland:
- Navarro County (The home county of Richland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Navarro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Navarro is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Mustang
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mustang is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Pursley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pursley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
- Oak Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Valley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Retreat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Retreat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Mildred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Purdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Corsicana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Elm Flat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Powell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Cayuga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greens Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
- Yard ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yard is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Avalon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bardwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ennis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Streetman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wortham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winkler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Kirvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Cotton Gin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Teague
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Freestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Dew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Trinidad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Star Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Tool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Malakoff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caney City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Seven Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Hubbard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Irene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Malone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Calm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mertens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penelope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kaufman County
- Styx
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Tehuacana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mexia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Coolidge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fallon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Delia ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Frosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Groesbeck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Personville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Prairie Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Kirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richland, see our County-by-County Page for Richland.
Cemeteries Near Richland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland.
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 Richland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Carroll Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grape Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Birdston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cosgrove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamilton - Beeman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Handcock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handcock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Handcock Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Eureka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4044 <2>
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Long Bottom Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Webb - Branch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Richland had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Richland had a population of 273 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Angus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Pursley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pursley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
- Wortham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Purdon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Corsicana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rodney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Winkler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Drane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Drane is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drane
- Tehuacana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Powell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mexia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dresden is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Spring Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richland.
Newspapers Published in Richland ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richland.
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 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 Richland:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Navarro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Ellis County
- Freestone County
- Henderson County
- Hill County
- Kaufman County
- Limestone 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> | 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- Richland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Richland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |