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 Rose 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 Rose 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.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rose Hill is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.
Below are the counties that are near Rose Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rose Hill:
- Dallas County (The home county of Rose Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Rowlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mesquite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rawlins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Buckingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Balch Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richardson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Highland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Sachse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lavon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lucas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royse City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- The Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Little Elm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Walnut Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Oak Leaf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Pecan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sterrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sterrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Union Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Caddo Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Quinlan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Boles Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Hawk Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Merit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Heath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Talty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Lawrence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Crandall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poetry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Terrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Post Oak Bend City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Kaufman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- College Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Rockwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Mobile City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Fate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blackland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rose Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Rose Hill.
Cemeteries Near Rose Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rose 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 Rose Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rose Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- Myers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lyons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Miles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Motley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McShan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rowlett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big A Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Long Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Pleasant Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaiser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frost Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Rose Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rose Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rose Hill, with the one closest to Rose Hill listed first.
- New Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Rowlett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reinhardt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
- Heath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Sachse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rawlins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Forney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rylie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rylie is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rylie
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kleberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kleberg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleberg
- Chisholm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rose Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rose Hill.
Newspapers Published in Rose 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 295 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rose Hill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rose 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 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 Rose Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant 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> | 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 Rose Hill, 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' (or 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- Rose Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |