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 Scatter Branch (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 Scatter Branch. 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 Scatter Branch ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Scatter Branch: Scatter Br. (or less commonly used: Scatter Brnch.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Scatter Branch is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Scatter Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scatter Branch:
- Hunt County (The home county of Scatter Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- South Sulphur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Commerce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Neylandville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Fairlie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Aberfoyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Jardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Yowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- Wolfe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Josephine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frognot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Blue Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nevada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royse City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Copeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valdasta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lavon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Altoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Jot-Em-Down
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Klondike
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enloe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Lake Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Ladonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Silver City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bailey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gober
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dial
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Hail
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Leonard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Windom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dodd City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Honey Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson County
- Pilot Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Cumby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peerless
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Brashear
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Posey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Miller Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Divide
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Rockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sulphur Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bonanza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birthright
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Kaufman County
- Ables Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Roxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Petty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gadston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gadston is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadston
- Howland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- High
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Broadway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Ambia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Atlas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Brookston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Tawakoni
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Emory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scatter Branch, see our County-by-County Page for Scatter Branch.
Cemeteries Near Scatter Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scatter Branch.
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 Scatter Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scatter Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- Scatter Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Sulphur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur Cemetery
- The South Sulphur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ray's Creek Cemetery
- Rhea's Creek Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Onstot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Greenville.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960177 <3>
- Brigham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Sonora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove 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.<4>
While we didn't find Scatter Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scatter Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scatter Branch, with the one closest to Scatter Branch listed first.
- South Sulphur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Neylandville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Commerce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jacobia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Aberfoyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- White Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Kellogg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Gough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gough is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gough
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scatter Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scatter Branch.
Newspapers Published in Scatter Branch ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scatter Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scatter Branch, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scatter Branch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Scatter Branch:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Lamar County
- Rains 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> | 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- Scatter Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Scatter Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |