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 Trinity Park (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 Trinity Park. 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.
Trinity Park is located in Collin 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 Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.
Below are the counties that are near Trinity Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trinity Park:
- Collin County (The home county of Trinity Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Clear Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lucas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowry Crossing is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry Crossing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Biggers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Biggers is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Lavon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Comanche County
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Rowlett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Richardson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rawlins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- University Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mesquite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Farmers Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- The Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hackberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Little Elm
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Lincoln Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
- Oak Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Providence Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Providence Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
- Cross Roads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Dallas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Krugerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Krugerville is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krugerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
- Shady Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shady Shores is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Leonard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orangeville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Whitewright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Cannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Pilot Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Gunter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Tom Bean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Caddo Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Merit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Union Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Celeste
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Quinlan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boles Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- White Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Weiland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Dixon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Heath
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forney
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Poetry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Lawrence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Talty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Terrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ables Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Rockwall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mobile City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Blackland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- McLendon - Chisholm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Trinity Park, see our County-by-County Page for Trinity Park.
Cemeteries Near Trinity Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trinity Park.
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 Trinity Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trinity Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Backbone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fitzhugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McMillan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy / Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moulden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Wylie / Kreymer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Wylie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Milligan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Princeton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Trinity Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trinity Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trinity Park, with the one closest to Trinity Park listed first.
- Lucas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Saint Paul
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lavon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Copeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sachse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McKinney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trinity Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trinity Park.
Newspapers Published in Trinity Park ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trinity Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trinity Park, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trinity Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Trinity Park:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Collin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Comanche County
- Dallas County
- Denton County
- Fannin County
- Grayson County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman 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> | 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 Trinity Park, 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' (or 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- Trinity Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |