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 Triangle (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 Triangle. 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 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.
Triangle is located in Falls 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 Falls County: Bell, Limestone, McLennan, Milam & Robertson.
Below are the counties that are near Triangle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Triangle:
- Falls County (The home county of Triangle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Chilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Satin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Prairie is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
- Golinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Durango
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durango is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
- Mooreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mooreville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- McClanahan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highbank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Blevins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blevins is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Ocker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ocker is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
- Oenaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oenaville is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
- Cyclone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cyclone is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Meeks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Pendleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Temple
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heidenheimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moffat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moffat is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
- Academy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Coryell County
- McGregor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Kosse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ben Hur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Thornton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Watt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Watt is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
- Kirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Prairie Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frosa is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
- McLennan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Rosenthal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
- Downsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Riesel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lorena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lorena is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Eddy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Hewitt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Battle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Beverly Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
- East Waco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Baileyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Jones Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Silver City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Maysfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Buckholts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Branchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Bremond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Calvert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Triangle, see our County-by-County Page for Triangle.
Cemeteries Near Triangle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Triangle.
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 Triangle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Triangle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Stallworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedar Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bull Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Marlin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3484 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Marlin.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marlin Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2709 <2>
- Carolina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Falls County Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Triangle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Triangle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Triangle, with the one closest to Triangle listed first.
- Chilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Golinda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Durango
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durango is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
- Mooreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mooreville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Travis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Travis is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis
- McClanahan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McClanahan is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenthal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
- Downsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Downs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blevins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blevins is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Westphalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westphalia is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Wilderville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Triangle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Triangle.
Newspapers Published in Triangle ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Triangle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Triangle, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Triangle.
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 helpful 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 Triangle:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Falls County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Coryell County
- Limestone County
- McLennan County
- Milam 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> | 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 Triangle, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Triangle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |