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 Junction (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 Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Valley Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Valley Junction: Valley Jct. (or less commonly used: Valley Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Valley Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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 Junction is located in Robertson 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 Robertson County: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison & Milam.
Below are the counties that are near Valley Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley Junction:
- Robertson County (The home county of Valley Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Hearne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Mumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Benchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Wheelock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- New Baden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bremond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bald Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Edgeworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Meeks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Brazos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Rye ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Stone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Wixon Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Edge is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Boonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boonville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- Kurten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- College Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wellborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Cooks Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Chriesman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Snook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- San Antonio Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
- Deanville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Frenstat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Wilderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Highbank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Rosebud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
- Zipperlandville has also been known as:
- Zipperlen
- Zipperlenville
- Lee County
- Hicks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Hilltop Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wealthy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wealthy is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Gause
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jones Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Milano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Baileyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cameron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Minerva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Valley Junction.
Cemeteries Near Valley Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley Junction.
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 Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- St. Luke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hearne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Norwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Hill Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Hearne.
- The Red Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moody Cemetery
- St. Luke Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317459 <4>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Galloway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Old Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mumford 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 Valley Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley Junction, with the one closest to Valley Junction listed first.
- Hearne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gause
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sutton is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Mumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Calvert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Benchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jones Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Wheelock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Junction.
Newspapers Published in Valley Junction ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley Junction, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley Junction.
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 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 Valley Junction:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Robertson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Brazos County
- Burleson County
- Falls County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Milam 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Valley Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Valley Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |