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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 Roch (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 Roch. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Roch is located in Comanche County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Comanche County: Brown, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton & Mills.

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

  • Comanche County     (The home county of Roch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roch, with the one closest to Roch listed first.
    • Proctor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
      • Proctor is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <2>
    • Comyn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comyn
      • Comyn is located in Comanche County
    • Ararat ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ararat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
      • Ararat is located in Comanche County
    • De Leon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gustine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gustine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustine
      • Gustine is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gustine <2>
    • Wilson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Comanche County
    • Comanche
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rucker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
      • Rucker is located in Comanche County
    • Sidney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <2>
    • Energy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sipe Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
      • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roch, with the one closest to Roch listed first.
    • Blanket
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • May
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in Brown County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for May <2>
  • Eastland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roch, with the one closest to Roch listed first.
    • Desdemona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gorman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
      • Gorman is located in Eastland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorman <2>
    • Kokomo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
      • Kokomo is located in Eastland County
    • Okra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okra have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
      • Okra is located in Eastland County
    • Carbon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
      • Carbon is located in Eastland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbon <2>
    • Rising Star
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Erath County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roch, with the one closest to Roch listed first.
    • Dublin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Erath County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <2>
    • Bunyan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
      • Bunyan is located in Erath County
    • Harbin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
      • Harbin is located in Erath County
    • Alexander
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Alexander is located in Erath County
    • Lingleville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lingleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingleville
      • Lingleville is located in Erath County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lingleville <2>
    • Clairette
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairette
      • Clairette is located in Erath County
    • Stephenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Duffau
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffau
      • Duffau is located in Erath County
    • Morgan Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Mill
      • Morgan Mill is located in Erath County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan Mill <2>
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roch, with the one closest to Roch listed first.
    • Carlton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Spurlin ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spurlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
      • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
    • Hico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
      • Hico is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,437 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hico <2>
    • Pottsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
      • Pottsville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottsville <2>
    • Hamilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mills County

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

Newspapers Published in Roch ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roch, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roch.

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 helpful 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 Roch:

Cemeteries Near Roch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roch.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Hanson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanson Cemetery
  • Proctor Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Proctor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Proctor Cemetery
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Luker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luker Cemetery
  • Graham Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Chapel Cemetery
  • Reid Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reid Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reid Cemetery
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Barbee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Old Dublin Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Dublin Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Dublin Memorial Park
  • Cow Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cow Creek Cemetery
  • Continue List   (123 more) ...
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Baggett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baggett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baggett Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Live Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Live Oak Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Proctor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
    • Proctor is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <2>
  • Downing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
    • Downing is located in Comanche County
  • Dublin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Erath County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <2>
  • De Leon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Erath County
  • Bunyan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
    • Bunyan is located in Erath County
  • Victor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
    • Victor is located in Erath County
  • Comanche
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gustine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gustine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustine
    • Gustine is located in Comanche County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gustine <2>
  • Hazeldell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazeldell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
    • Hazeldell is located in Comanche County
  • Wilson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Wilson is located in Comanche County
  • Harbin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
    • Harbin is located in Erath County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fleming
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleming have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
      • Fleming is located in Comanche County
    • Alexander
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Alexander is located in Erath County
    • Duster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
      • Duster is located in Comanche County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0240, Longitude: -98.4550       In this case, the coordinates for Roch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Roch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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