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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Round House. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Round House to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Round House, please Contact Us.
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 Round House (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 Round House. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Round House is historic, it would have been located within present day Navarro 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 Navarro County: Anderson, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill & Limestone.
Below are the counties that are near Round House. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Round House:
- Navarro County (The home county of Round House)
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Goodlow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Kerens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Elm Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Mildred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Powell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Bazette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Navarro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Navarro is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Roane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roane is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roane
- Angus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Mustang
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mustang is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Cayuga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Greens Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
- Yard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yard is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
- Blackfoot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Bradford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Ward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Massey Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
- Tennessee Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bois d'Arc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Montalba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ellis County
- Alma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Winkler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Streetman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kirvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Wortham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Lake is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Cotton Gin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Teague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Butler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Dew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Trinidad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Malakoff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Star Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Caney City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Log Cabin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Tool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Payne Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Eustace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gun Barrel City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Mabank
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tolosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Styx
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Stubbs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Kemp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Mexia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tehuacana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Round House, see our County-by-County Page for Round House.
Cemeteries Near Round House ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Round House.
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 Round House - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Round House covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Petersburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Princeton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sweatman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gunn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Owens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Handcock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handcock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Handcock Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Eureka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4044 <4>
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samarie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Kerens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kerens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kerens.
- The Kerens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Restland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4613 <4>
- Elm Flat Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Round House in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Round House.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Round House, with the one closest to Round House listed first.
- Rural Shade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Shade is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Shade
- Winkler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Kerens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Trinidad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Young
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Young is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Bazette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Malakoff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Angus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Payne Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Blackfoot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Round House. See our List of 1890's Communities around Round House.
Newspapers Published in Round House ...
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 Round House.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Round House, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Round House.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Round House:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Navarro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Ellis County
- Freestone County
- Henderson County
- Kaufman County
- Limestone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Round House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Round House) 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. |