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 Thelma (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 Thelma. 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 and 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.
Thelma is located in Limestone 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 Limestone County: Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, McLennan, Navarro & Robertson.
Below are the counties that are near Thelma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thelma:
- Limestone County (The home county of Thelma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Frosa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Groesbeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Ben Hur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Mexia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coolidge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tehuacana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fallon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fallon is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Delia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delia is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Thornton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Watt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Otto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stranger
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stranger is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
- McClanahan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Perry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Satin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Cotton Gin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wortham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Teague
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kirvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freestone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Donie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Streetman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dew is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
- Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
- Hill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Mount Calm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Penelope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Malone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leon County
- Newby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newby is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
- McLennan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Mart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Battle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Hallsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Elk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elk is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Riesel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Axtell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Leroy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tours
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tours is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
- Bellmead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Downsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- East Waco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
- Northcrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Northcrest is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Dawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pursley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pursley is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
- Purdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Navarro Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Navarro Mills is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro Mills
- Silver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Angus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Seale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Seale is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
- Bald Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
- Bremond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thelma, see our County-by-County Page for Thelma.
Cemeteries Near Thelma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thelma.
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 Thelma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thelma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Horn Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Honest Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dancer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ft. Parker Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Parker Memorial Park
- The Ft. Parker Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Ft. Parker Memorial Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Lewisville Cemetery
- Union Burial Ground
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doyle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Glade Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faulkenberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkenberry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Faulkenberry Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Groesbeck.
- Plummers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carroll Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Phifer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pippin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Armour Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Thelma in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thelma.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thelma, with the one closest to Thelma listed first.
- Horn Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Frosa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- Groesbeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Mexia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Tehuacana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rodney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Personville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cotton Gin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wortham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Battle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thelma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thelma.
Newspapers Published in Thelma ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thelma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thelma, 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 Thelma.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Thelma:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Falls County
- Freestone County
- Hill County
- Leon County
- McLennan County
- Navarro County
- Robertson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thelma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Thelma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |