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 Slater (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 Slater. 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 and 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.
Slater is located in Coryell 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 Coryell County: Bell, Bosque, Hamilton, Lampasas & McLennan.
Below are the counties that are near Slater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slater:
- Coryell County (The home county of Slater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bee House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Purmela
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Levita
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Levita is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
- Saint Elijah Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
- Gatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
- Ireland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ireland is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Comanche Village I
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
- Comanche Village III
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- Copperas Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Hood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chaffee Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
- McNair Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McNair Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
- Walker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
- Killeen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookhaven is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Maxdale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maxdale is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
- Ding Dong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ding Dong is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
- Harker Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nolanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bosque County
- Cranfills Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
- Ohio ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Whiteway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
- Whiteway has also been known as:
- White Way
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lanham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lanham is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
- Pottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lampasas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- Izoro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Kempner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
- Lampasas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lometa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Senterfitt ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Center City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slater, see our County-by-County Page for Slater.
Cemeteries Near Slater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slater.
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 Slater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pidcoke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hemelline Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bruce Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walker Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Straley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Townsen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (108 more) ...
- Garner Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hines Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Slater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
- King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pidcoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bee House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bee House is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
- Purmela
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Levita
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Levita is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
- Gatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ohio is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Fort Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
- Kempner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Killeen
(21 miles [33.8 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 Slater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slater.
Newspapers Published in Slater ...
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 Slater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slater, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Slater:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Coryell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Bosque County
- Hamilton County
- Lampasas County
- Mills 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> | 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 Slater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Slater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |