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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 Stith (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 Stith. 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 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.

Stith is located in Jones County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jones County: Callahan, Fisher, Haskell, Nolan, Shackelford, Stonewall & Taylor.

Below are the counties that are near Stith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stith:

  • Jones County     (The home county of Stith)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.
    • Hawley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Hawley is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <2>
    • Anson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
      • Anson is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <2>
    • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Phantom Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
      • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
    • Funston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Radium
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Avoca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lueders
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lueders have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lueders
      • Lueders is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lueders <2>
    • Tuxedo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Callahan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.
    • Eula
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clyde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Callahan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <2>
    • Denton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.
    • Sylvester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester
      • Sylvester is located in Fisher County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvester <2>
    • McCaulley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCaulley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
      • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
    • Hamlin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Hamlin is located in Fisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlin <2>
    • Royston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Roby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
      • Roby is located in Fisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roby <2>
  • Haskell County
  • Nolan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.
    • Nolan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Nolan is located in Nolan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <2>
    • Sweetwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sweetwater is located in Nolan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,535 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <2>
    • Avenger Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avenger Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
      • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.
    • Merkel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tye
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
      • Tye is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <2>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
    • Trent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Impact
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Impact have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
      • Impact is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Abilene
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Potosi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potosi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
      • Potosi is located in Taylor County
    • Tuscola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
      • Tuscola is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuscola <2>
    • Ovalo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ovalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovalo
      • Ovalo is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovalo <2>
    • Guion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Guion is located in Taylor County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stith, see our County-by-County Page for Stith.

Cemeteries Near Stith ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stith.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stith covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.

  • Mid Way Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mid Way Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mid Way Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Truby Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Truby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Truby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tye Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hawley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trent Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Elm Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmwood Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Drummond Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drummond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drummond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Central Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Anderson Chapel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • White Church Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Stith in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stith.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stith, with the one closest to Stith listed first.

  • Merkel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Trent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Abilene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Anson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
    • Anson is located in Jones County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <2>
  • Phantom Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phantom Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
    • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
  • Eskota
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eskota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
    • Eskota is located in Fisher County
  • Buffalo Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Elmdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
    • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
  • Neinda
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neinda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neinda
    • Neinda is located in Jones County
  • Sweetwater
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Nolan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,535 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <2>
  • Clyde
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Callahan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <2>
  • Hitson
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitson
    • Hitson is located in Fisher County
  • Roby
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
    • Roby is located in Fisher County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roby <2>
  • Guion
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
    • Guion is located in Taylor County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stith. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stith.

Newspapers Published in Stith ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stith.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stith, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stith.

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 either 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 Stith:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stith. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5465, Longitude: -99.9456    









 

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