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 Rogers Hill (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 Rogers Hill. 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 Rogers Hill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Rogers Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rogers Hill may originally have been Roger's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rogers Hill might be written as Roger Hill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rogers Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rogers Hill.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Rogers Hill is located in McLennan 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 McLennan County: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill & Limestone.
Below are the counties that are near Rogers Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rogers Hill:
- McLennan County (The home county of Rogers Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Gholson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gholson is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Patrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Ross
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Mott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bosqueville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
- Northcrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northcrest is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
- China Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tours
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tours is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
- Lacy - Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bellmead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bosque County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Greenock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenock is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
- Laguna Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cayote
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cayote is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
- Valley Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Womack
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Clifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeside Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Norse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Norse is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
- Kopperl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meridian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coryell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- McGregor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coryell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coryell is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
- Oglesby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lime City is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Ellis County
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Golinda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- North Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Prairie is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Satin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bruceville - Eddy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Mooreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mooreville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Otto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyson is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Aquilla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abbott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatt is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
- Whitney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Mount Calm
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Penelope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bynum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Malone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huron ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Hubbard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Watt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Prairie Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delia ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Kirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Frosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Navarro County
- Dawson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rogers Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Rogers Hill.
Cemeteries Near Rogers Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogers Hill.
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 Rogers Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rogers Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Gholson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patrick Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Waco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5907 <4>
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bold Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wortham Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chalk Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Clausner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Rogers Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rogers Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rogers Hill, with the one closest to Rogers Hill listed first.
- Gholson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gholson is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Patrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Ross
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tyson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyson is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Elm Mott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- China Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bosqueville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
- Aquilla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenock is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
- Speegleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Speegleville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
- Waco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <2>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Abbott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vaughan is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- East Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rogers Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rogers Hill.
Newspapers Published in Rogers Hill ...
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 172 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogers Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogers Hill, 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 Rogers Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rogers Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to McLennan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bosque County
- Coryell County
- Ellis County
- Falls County
- Hill County
- Limestone County
- Navarro County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rogers Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Rogers Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |