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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 Sturdivant (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 Sturdivant. 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 and hospitals 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.

Sturdivant is located in Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County: Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jack, Parker, Stephens & Young.

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

  • Palo Pinto County     (The home county of Sturdivant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Mineral Wells
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wolters Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Wolters Village is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolters Village
    • Brazos
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
    • Salesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
    • Palo Pinto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Santo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Graford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mingus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Erath County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Morgan Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Thurber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Lipan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Oak Trail Shores
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Trail Shores is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail Shores
    • Brazos Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brazos Bend is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Tolar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Granbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cresson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jack County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Perrin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Gibtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Gibtown is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibtown
    • Westbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
    • Wizard Wells
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wizard Wells is located in Jack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wizard Wells
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Millsap
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cool
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cool is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Brock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brock is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Authon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Authon is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
    • Greenwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Lemley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lemley is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
    • Adell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Adell is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
    • Dennis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Peaster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Weatherford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Poolville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Agnes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Agnes is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sturdivant, with the one closest to Sturdivant listed first.
    • Boonsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Boonsville is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsville
    • Runaway Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Sturdivant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sturdivant.

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

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

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

  • Old Millsap Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Willow Pond Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Goen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dominicar Merlo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Woodland Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pollard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Staggs Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dobbs Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbs Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dobbs Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Brazos.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968823 <2>
  • Ballew Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hittson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (125 more) ...
    • Grassdale Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Poe Prairie Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cox Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Sturdivant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sturdivant.

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

  • Mineral Wells
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Millsap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Garner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Garner is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
  • Brazos
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brazos is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Brock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brock is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
  • Authon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Authon is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Authon
  • Salesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salesville
  • Lemley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lemley is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemley
  • Adell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Adell is located in Parker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
  • Peaster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Palo Pinto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Santo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oran
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Oran is located in Palo Pinto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Buckner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckner is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner

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

Newspapers Published in Sturdivant ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sturdivant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sturdivant, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sturdivant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sturdivant:

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- Sturdivant) 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 Sturdivant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.