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 Valley Farms (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 Valley Farms. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Valley Farms is located in Navarro 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 Navarro County: Anderson, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill & Limestone.
Below are the counties that are near Valley Farms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley Farms:
- Navarro County (The home county of Valley Farms)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tupelo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tupelo is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo
- Rice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roane is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roane
- Bazette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Powell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Emhouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emhouse is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emhouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Corsicana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elm Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Kerens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Mildred
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Combine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Ferris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seagoville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kleberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kleberg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kleberg
- Lawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lawson is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Hutchins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Balch Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Telico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Telico is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Crisp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crisp is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Ennis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Garrett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Garrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Palmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Bardwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Boyce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boyce is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Howard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Ike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ike is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Winkler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Streetman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Seven Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gun Barrel City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Payne Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Star Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Trinidad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Eustace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Malakoff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Styx
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Stubbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Rosser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tolosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Grays Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Kemp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scurry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Mabank
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Becker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- Kaufman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley Farms, see our County-by-County Page for Valley Farms.
Cemeteries Near Valley Farms ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley Farms.
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 Valley Farms - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley Farms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Timothy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Chatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Chatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Chatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Chatfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guthrie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redwine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- King Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ware Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosser 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 Valley Farms in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley Farms.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley Farms, with the one closest to Valley Farms listed first.
- Chatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Stubbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Tolosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Bazette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Ennis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Powell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Kemp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scurry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Corsicana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kerens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Payne Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Palmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley Farms. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Farms.
Newspapers Published in Valley Farms ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Farms.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley Farms, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley Farms.
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 either 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 Valley Farms:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Navarro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dallas County
- Ellis County
- Freestone County
- Henderson County
- Kaufman 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 Valley Farms, 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- Valley Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |