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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Verbena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Verbena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Verbena, please Contact Us.
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 Verbena (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 Verbena. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Verbena is historic, it would have been located within present day Garza 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 Garza County: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Scurry.
Below are the counties that are near Verbena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Verbena:
- Garza County (The home county of Verbena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Verbena, with the one closest to Verbena listed first.
- Post
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Justiceburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Close City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Close City is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
- Close City has also been known as:
- Ragtown
- Southland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Southland is located in Garza County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
- Crosby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Verbena, with the one closest to Verbena listed first.
- Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canyon Valley is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
- Cap Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
- Owens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Owens is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
- Crosbyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Savage ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Savage is located in Crosby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Ralls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dickens County
- Spur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kent County
- Clairemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clairemont is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairemont
- Lubbock County
- Slaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Verbena, with the one closest to Verbena listed first.
- Grassland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- New Lynn ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Lynn is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scurry County
- Fluvanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Verbena, see our County-by-County Page for Verbena.
Cemeteries Near Verbena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Verbena.
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 Verbena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Verbena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Verbena, with the one closest to Verbena listed first.
- Cross H Ranch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Terrace Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Post.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7207 <4>
- Kate McCommis Grave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Justiceburg Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Southland.
- The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Southland Resthaven Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6328 <4>
- Polar Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grassland Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grassland Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of Tahoka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3901 <4>
- Crosbyton Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosbyton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crosbyton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Crosbyton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3122 <4>
- Clairemont Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Emma Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Emma Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Ralls.
- The Emma Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Emma Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172063 <4>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Crosbyton.
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crosbyton Colored Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #969411 <4>
- Fluvanna Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Espuela Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bookout Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ralls Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ralls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ralls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #229638 <4>
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.
While we didn't find Verbena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Verbena.
- Grassland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grassland is located in Lynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Verbena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Verbena.
Newspapers Published in Verbena ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Verbena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Verbena, 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 Verbena.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Verbena:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Garza County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crosby County
- Dickens County
- Kent County
- Lubbock County
- Lynn County
- Scurry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Verbena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Verbena) 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. |