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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 Telico (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 Telico. 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 hospitals and 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.

Telico is located in Ellis 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 Ellis County: Dallas, Henderson, Hill, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro & Tarrant.

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

  • Ellis County     (The home county of Telico)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Telico, with the one closest to Telico listed first.
    • Crisp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alma
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Alma is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Bristol
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ennis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Garrett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Garrett is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
    • Palmer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
    • Bardwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ike
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Howard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pecan Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Avalon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Telico, with the one closest to Telico listed first.
    • Combine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ferris
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seagoville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wilmer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kleberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hutchins
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lancaster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Balch Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ovilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • DeSoto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shamrock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shamrock is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Telico, with the one closest to Telico listed first.
    • Seven Points
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tool
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tool is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tool <1>
    • Gun Barrel City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Payne Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
    • Enchanted Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Caney City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Caney City is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
    • Eustace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Star Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Trinidad
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Log Cabin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Telico, with the one closest to Telico listed first.
    • Rosser
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
    • Styx
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Grays Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
    • Scurry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stubbs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tolosa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
    • Kemp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Crandall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kaufman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Becker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Star
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Navarro County

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

Cemeteries Near Telico ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Telico.

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

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

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

  • Union Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crisp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rosser Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Redwine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hefley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Myrtle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosser Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Norman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Palmer Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucille Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Chatfield Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<4>

While we didn't find Telico in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Telico.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Telico ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Telico.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Telico, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Telico.

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 Telico:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Telico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Telico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.