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 Stanfield (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 Stanfield. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Stanfield is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Cotton (OK), Jefferson (OK), Archer, Jack, Montague & Wichita.
Below are the counties that are near Stanfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stanfield:
- Clay County (The home county of Stanfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Byers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petrolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dean is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jolly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thornberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thornberry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
- Bluegrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Joy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joy is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Montague County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Ringgold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belcherville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belcherville is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
- Hynds City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hynds City is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
- Rowland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rowland is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Nocona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Fort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Montague
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Illinois Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Bowie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wichita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Wichita Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cashion Community
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Cotton County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Taylor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Temple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Randlett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Ryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <1>
- Terral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sugden is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Fleetwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Waurika
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oscar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hastings
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Addington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Cornish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ringling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Love County (OK)
- Orr
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Orr is located in Love County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Stephens County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Comanche
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Loco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loco is located in Stephens County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stanfield, see our County-by-County Page for Stanfield.
Cemeteries Near Stanfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanfield.
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 Stanfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stanfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Ryan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Terral Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hurnville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fleetwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benvenue Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belcherville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red River Station Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- Waurika Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oscar Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Molsbee Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Stanfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stanfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stanfield, with the one closest to Stanfield listed first.
- Hurnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hurnville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville
- Belcherville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belcherville is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
- Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nocona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charlie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Charlie is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
- Jolly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Spanish Fort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- Bellevue
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thornberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thornberry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Bluegrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montague
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Wichita Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Illinois Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stanfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stanfield.
Newspapers Published in Stanfield ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanfield, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stanfield.
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 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 Stanfield:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Montague County
- Wichita County
- Cotton County
- Jefferson County
- Love County
- Stephens 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Stanfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stanfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |