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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 Stoneburg (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 Stoneburg. 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 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.

Stoneburg is located in Montague 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 Montague County: Jefferson (OK), Love (OK), Clay, Cooke, Jack & Wise.

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

  • Montague County     (The home county of Stoneburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoneburg, with the one closest to Stoneburg listed first.
    • Bowie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bowie is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <1>
    • Belcherville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Belcherville is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
    • Montague
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ringgold
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Salona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Salona is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
    • Nocona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruitland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fruitland is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Sunset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dye
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Dye is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Bonita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bonita is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Hynds City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
    • Forestburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoneburg, with the one closest to Stoneburg listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Newport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Newport is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Bluegrove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Henrietta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Joy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Joy is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
    • Shannon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Shannon is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
    • Jolly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jolly is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Petrolia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoneburg, with the one closest to Stoneburg listed first.
    • Rosston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Muenster
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jack County
    • Postoak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Postoak is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoneburg, with the one closest to Stoneburg listed first.
    • Park Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Park Springs is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Springs
    • Alvord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chico
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stoneburg, with the one closest to Stoneburg listed first.
    • Fleetwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
    • Terral
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Terral is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <1>
    • Oscar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ryan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Grady
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Sugden
      (28 miles [45.1 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
  • Love County (OK)
    • Leon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Leon is located in Love County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Stoneburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stoneburg.

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 Stoneburg - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Queens Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellevue Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Bellevue.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1006873 <2>
  • Lindale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Brier Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tage Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Belcherville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Branch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...

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

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

  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bowie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowie is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <1>
  • Belcherville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Belcherville is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
  • Montague
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Salona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salona is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
  • Nocona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Newport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Newport is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Sunset
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dye
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dye is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
  • Bonita
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bonita is located in Montague County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Bluegrove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Henrietta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Postoak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Postoak is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
    • Crafton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Crafton is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafton
    • Forestburg
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Stoneburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stoneburg.

Newspapers Published in Stoneburg ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stoneburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stoneburg, 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 Stoneburg.

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 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 Stoneburg:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stoneburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Stoneburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.