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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 Tours (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 Tours. 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 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 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.

Tours is located in McLennan County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLennan County: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill & Limestone.

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

  • McLennan County     (The home county of Tours)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Leroy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Leroy is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leroy <2>
    • West
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
      • West is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <2>
    • Ross
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Ross is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <2>
    • Elm Mott
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Axtell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Northcrest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
      • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
    • Lacy - Lakeview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacy - Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy - Lakeview
      • Lacy - Lakeview is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacy - Lakeview <2>
    • Bellmead
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellmead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmead
      • Bellmead is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellmead <2>
    • Elk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gholson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gholson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gholson
      • From Tours to Gholson
    • Bosqueville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Patrick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Patrick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Patrick
      • From Tours to Patrick
  • Bosque County
  • Coryell County
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Milford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Italy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Italy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
      • Italy is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,964 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Italy <2>
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Perry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Otto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
      • Otto is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otto <2>
    • Golinda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golinda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
      • Golinda is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Satin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satin
      • Satin is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satin <2>
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Abbott
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mount Calm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calm
      • Mount Calm is located in Hill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Calm <2>
    • Penelope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Aquilla
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tyson
      • From Tours to Tyson
    • Chatt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Malone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Malone is located in Hill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malone <2>
    • Bynum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bynum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
      • Bynum is located in Hill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bynum <2>
    • Hubbard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Hubbard is located in Hill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,418 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbard <2>
    • Hillsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Irene
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
      • Irene is located in Hill County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irene <2>
    • Peoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Watt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Delia ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
      • Delia is located in Limestone County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Delia
      • From Tours to Delia
    • Prairie Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
      • Prairie Hill is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie Hill <2>
    • Coolidge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coolidge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
      • Coolidge is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolidge <2>
    • Frosa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tehuacana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tours, with the one closest to Tours listed first.
    • Dawson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
      • Dawson is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson <2>
    • Spring Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Navarro Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Frost
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Purdon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Navarro County
    • Dresden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blooming Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
      • Blooming Grove is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blooming Grove <2>
    • Pursley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pursley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
      • Pursley is located in Navarro County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pursley
      • From Tours to Pursley

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

Cemeteries Near Tours ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tours.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • St. Martins Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Clausner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clausner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clausner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gerald Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gerald Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gerald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mesquite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mesquite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mesquite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bold Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bold Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bold Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • National Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the National Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elm Mott Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Mott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elm Mott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Axtell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • TK Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the TK Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the TK Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Tabola Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabola Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Concord Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hopewell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<5>

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

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

  • Ross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Ross is located in McLennan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <2>
  • West
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
    • West is located in McLennan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <2>
  • Elm Mott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Axtell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Calm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calm
    • Mount Calm is located in Hill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Calm <2>
  • Gholson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gholson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
    • Gholson is located in McLennan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gholson
    • From Tours to Gholson
  • Aquilla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tyson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Tyson is located in Hill County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tyson
    • From Tours to Tyson
  • Patrick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Patrick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Patrick is located in McLennan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Patrick
    • From Tours to Patrick
  • Bosqueville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Vaughan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vaughan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
    • Vaughan is located in Hill County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • East Waco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Waco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
      • East Waco is located in McLennan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to East Waco
      • From Tours to East Waco
    • Bynum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bynum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
      • Bynum is located in Hill County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bynum <2>
    • Waco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Tours ...

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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tours.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tours, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tours.

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 Tours:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tours. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McLennan County: www.co.mclennan.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tours, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tours) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tours. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7601, Longitude: -97.0381    









 

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