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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 Tate Springs (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 Tate Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Tate Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Tate Springs: Tate Spgs. (or less commonly used: Tate Spngs. or Tate Sprngs.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Tate Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tate Springs.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Tate Springs is located in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County: Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker & Wise.

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

  • Tarrant County     (The home county of Tate Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Dalworthington Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnsons Station
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
    • Pantego
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • University Park Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Arlington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Everman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rendon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
    • Edgecliff Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
    • Fort Worth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Haltom City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hebron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hebron is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Grand Prairie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sowers ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sowers is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
    • Cedar Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Duncanville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Estelle is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Irving
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cockrell Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Shamrock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Shamrock is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Grapevine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Ford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Eagle Ford is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ford
    • Jim Town ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jim Town is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
      • Jim Town has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
    • Jimtown Junction ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jimtown Junction is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Junction
      • Jimtown Junction has also been known as:
      • Jim Town Junction
  • Denton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Southlake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Westlake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Roanoke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Trophy Club
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Marshall Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Elizabethtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Flower Mound
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Double Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bartonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Northlake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Corral City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Corral City is located in Denton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Justin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Mansfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Britton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Britton is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • Midlothian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Venus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Oak Leaf
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
    • Red Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sardis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sardis is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Sterrett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sterrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
    • Auburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Auburn is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Maypearl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecan Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Waxahachie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hood County
    • Cresson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Lillian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Burleson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Crowley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Briaroaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Briaroaks is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briaroaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Cross Timber
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Egan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Alvarado
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Joshua
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Keene
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Keene is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
    • Coyote Flats
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Cuba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cuba is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Cleburne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Aledo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Azle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Azle is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,607 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azle <1>
    • Sanctuary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Annetta South
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Annetta South is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta South
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
    • Willow Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Reno
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Reno is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,473 people
    • Annetta North
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Annetta North is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta North
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
    • Annetta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Annetta is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annetta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,319 people
    • Hudson Oaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Dicey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dicey is located in Parker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
  • Wise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tate Springs, with the one closest to Tate Springs listed first.
    • Newark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Briar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Briar is located in Wise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Rhome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Tate Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tate Springs.

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 Tate Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hawkins Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Tate Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Handley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Handley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Fort Worth.
    • The Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Rose Hill Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #197271 <2>
  • Hudson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rehoboth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Everman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • White Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Ray - Manship Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Grimsley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Parkdale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Kennedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Handley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Handley is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
  • Johnsons Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
  • Ederville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ederville is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ederville
  • Arlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rendon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon
  • Mansfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Fort Worth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Crowley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Burleson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Grand Prairie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Watauga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point

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

Newspapers Published in Tate Springs ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tate Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tate Springs, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tate Springs.

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 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 Tate Springs:

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 Tate Springs, 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' (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- Tate Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.