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 Silver City (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 Silver City. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Silver City 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 Silver City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver City:
- Red River County (The home county of Silver City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Albion
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Albion is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Acworth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Acworth is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Addielou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Addielou is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
- Kanawha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Bagwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- English
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Annona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Pin Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Novice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Novice is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
- Blossom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sylvan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Arthur City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Deport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midcity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Midcity is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midcity
- Midcity has also been known as:
- Trout Spur
- Trout
- Powderly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Swink
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frogville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- Fort Towson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Virgil
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Virgil is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Spencerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Apple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apple is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Hugo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Millerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Garvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valliant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Idabel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <1>
- Wright City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Golden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Slim is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim
- Holly Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
- Rufe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ringold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Broken Bow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pushmataha County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Corinne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinne is located in Pushmataha County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
- Oleta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oleta is located in Pushmataha County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver City, see our County-by-County Page for Silver City.
Cemeteries Near Silver City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver City.
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 Silver City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Albion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Haley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Springhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tuggle Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bachman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Garvin (OK).
- The Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #188528 <3>
- Blanton Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Valliant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Haywood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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 Silver City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Albion
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Albion is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Kanawha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Woodland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Bagwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madras
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Madras is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- English
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Annona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blossom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulbright
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sylvan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Arthur City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pattonville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Silver City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver City.
Newspapers Published in Silver City ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver City, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver City.
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 Silver City:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lamar County
- Choctaw County
- McCurtain County
- Pushmataha 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Silver City) 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 Silver City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |