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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 Rosalie (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 Rosalie. 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 doctors 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.

Rosalie is located in Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.

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

  • Red River County     (The home county of Rosalie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Bogata
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Bogata is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <1>
    • Sherry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherry is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
    • Cuthand
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Cuthand is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
    • Halesboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Halesboro is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
    • Liberty
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Clarksville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bagwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Detroit
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Annona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Boxelder
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Boxelder is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
    • English
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • English is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
    • Avery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Avery is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avery <1>
    • Addielou
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Addielou is located in Red River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
  • Bowie County
    • Dalby Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
  • Delta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Charleston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Charleston is located in Delta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Lake Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Enloe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cooper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Hagansport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
    • Mount Vernon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Purley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Purley is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Sulphur Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Nelta is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
    • Saltillo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tira is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
    • Dike
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Weaver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Weaver is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Birthright
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Birthright is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
    • Greenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Deport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cunningham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pattonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clardy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Clardy is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
    • Taylor Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
    • Blossom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sylvan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sylvan is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
    • Sun Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Biardstown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Biardstown is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
    • Frog Hop ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Frog Hop is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Hop
    • Reno
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Reno is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
    • Glory
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Glory is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
    • Broadway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Broadway is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
  • Titus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosalie, with the one closest to Rosalie listed first.
    • Talco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Hill is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
    • Winfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Miller's Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Mount Pleasant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cookville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Choctaw County (OK)
    • Frogville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville

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

Cemeteries Near Rosalie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosalie.

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

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

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

  • Hinson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dodd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cooper - Woods Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Morris Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McCrory Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wims Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cuthand Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cuthand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cuthand.
    • The Cuthand Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Garvinsville Cemetery
    • White Oak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968428 <2>
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hagansport Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (152 more) ...
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Prairie Academy Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • McKenzie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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 in 1895, Rosalie had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bogata
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bogata is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <1>
  • Fulbright
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulbright is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
  • Cuthand
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cuthand is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
  • Halesboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Halesboro is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
  • Deport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hagansport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
  • Clarksville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Milton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Milton is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Bagwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Minter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Minter is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter
  • Detroit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pattonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Wilkinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilkinson is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
    • Rockford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rockford is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Sulphur Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Rosalie ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosalie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosalie, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosalie.

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 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 Rosalie:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rosalie) 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 Rosalie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.