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 Tidwell (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 Tidwell. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Tidwell is located in Hunt 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 Hunt County: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Tidwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tidwell:
- Hunt County (The home county of Tidwell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Jacobia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- White Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neylandville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- South Sulphur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Aberfoyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Merit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Farmersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Frognot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Josephine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nevada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Copeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Royse City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Altoga is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoga
- Valdasta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Valdasta is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdasta
- Westminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lavon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Needmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Jot-Em-Down
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Klondike
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enloe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Leonard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gober
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ladonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hail
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Silver City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Edhube
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edhube is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edhube
- Dial
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Orangeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Dodd City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Pilot Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Cannon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Kentucky Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Cumby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Miller Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Peerless
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Posey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Divide
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Rockdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Bonanza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tazewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Ables Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Poetry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Rains County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Hooker Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- East Tawakoni
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Emory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Fate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Mobile City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Rockwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tidwell, see our County-by-County Page for Tidwell.
Cemeteries Near Tidwell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tidwell.
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 Tidwell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tidwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Money Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Greenville.
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960177 <3>
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnhart Boles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McWright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery #1
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Celeste Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Sulphur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur Cemetery
- The South Sulphur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ray's Creek Cemetery
- Rhea's Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Onstot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Tidwell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tidwell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tidwell, with the one closest to Tidwell listed first.
- Jacobia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Kellogg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- White Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neylandville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Wagner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wagner is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- South Sulphur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Aberfoyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Merit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tidwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tidwell.
Newspapers Published in Tidwell ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tidwell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tidwell, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tidwell.
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 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 Tidwell:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hunt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Kaufman County
- Rains County
- Rockwall 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tidwell) 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 Tidwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |