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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 Riverby (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 Riverby. 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.

Riverby is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.

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

  • Fannin County     (The home county of Riverby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Telephone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Carson is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
    • Allen Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Allen Point is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
    • Allens Chapel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
    • Ivanhoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sowells Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sowells Bluff is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowells Bluff
    • Ridings
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridings is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings
    • Honey Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Windom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Boyd
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyd is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Dodd City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mulberry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Ben Franklin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Direct
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Direct is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
    • Belk
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Belk is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Garretts Bluff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
    • Sumner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Razor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Razor is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
    • Petty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Caviness
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Caviness is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
    • High
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • High is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
    • Hopewell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopewell is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Chicota
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Brookston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Toco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Toco is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Atoka County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Lone Pine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lone Pine is located in Atoka County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Bentley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bentley is located in Atoka County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
    • Farris
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Bryan County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Wade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
    • Bennington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Albany
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Yuba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
    • Bokchito
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yarnaby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
    • Matoy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Matoy is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy
    • Kemp
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Kemp is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemp <1>
    • Achille
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Armstrong is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Caddo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Caddo is located in Bryan County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo <1>
    • Hendrix
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riverby, with the one closest to Riverby listed first.
    • Boswell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Boswell is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boswell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boswell <1>
    • Soper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Soper is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soper <1>
    • Grant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hugo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Riverby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverby.

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 Riverby - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Arch Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bigsby Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wade Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Old Elwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Elwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • New Salem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pyles Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Crowder Springs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (195 more) ...
    • Crowder Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Julius Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Orphanage Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Riverby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverby.

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

  • Monkstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Monkstown is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkstown
  • Direct
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Direct is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
  • Telephone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Elwood is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Selfs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Selfs is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfs
  • Duplex
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Duplex is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
  • Lamasco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamasco is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
  • Maxey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Maxey is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Ivanhoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Emberson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Emberson is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emberson
  • Lannius
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lannius is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannius
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Honey Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Petty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Windom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Riverby ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverby, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverby.

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 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 Riverby:

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 Riverby, 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 from Point A (ie- Riverby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.