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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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 Shady Grove ...
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 Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Shady Grove is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Fannin County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Dodd City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Windom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Gober
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bonham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Honey Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allens Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Ladonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edhube
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Boyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Frognot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Blue Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sedalia is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Valdasta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pecan Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Ben Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Needmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Klondike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enloe
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cooper
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Bells
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Pilot Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Whiterock
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Tom Bean
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Luella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Luella is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Peerless
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Posey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Cumby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Wolfe City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Aberfoyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Fairlie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Jardin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Yowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- South Sulphur
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- White Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Celeste
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Jacobia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Commerce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neylandville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Merit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Petty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- High
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Roxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ambia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Howland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Direct
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
- Toco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Atlas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Broadway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Gadston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gadston is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadston
- Hopewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Yuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Yarnaby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
- Kemp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Hendrix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Achille
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dodd City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- County Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Biggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Biggerstaff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vannoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Windom.
- The Vannoy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobb - Vannoy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7384 <3>
- Boze Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shilo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gober Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Windom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lannius
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lannius is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannius
- Gober
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bonham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lamasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Wolfe City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ector
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hickory Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Ivanhoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Grove.
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 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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Lamar County
- Bryan 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shady Grove) 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |