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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 Victor (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 Victor. 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 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.

Victor is located in Erath 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 Erath County: Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Hamilton, Hood, Palo Pinto & Somervell.

Below are the counties that are near Victor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Victor:

  • Erath County     (The home county of Victor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.
    • Lingleville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bunyan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bunyan is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
    • Dublin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Harbin is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
    • Hannibal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hannibal is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
    • Stephenville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Alexander
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alexander is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
    • Thurber
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Morgan Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Clairette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Clairette is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairette
    • Bluff Dale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Duffau
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Duffau is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffau
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.
    • May
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blanket
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.
    • De Leon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rucker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rucker is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
    • Comyn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Comyn is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comyn
    • Duster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Duster is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
    • Proctor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ararat ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ararat is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • Sipe Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
    • Comanche
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sidney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Gustine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Newburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Newburg is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
  • Eastland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.
    • Desdemona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gorman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Kokomo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Kokomo is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokomo
    • Carbon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Olden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ranger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mangum ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Mangum is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
    • Okra
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Okra is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
    • Eastland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Rising Star
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Cisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cisco is located in Eastland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cisco <1>
  • Hamilton County
  • Palo Pinto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.
    • Mingus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Strawn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Gordon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Stephens County
    • La Casa ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • La Casa is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Victor, see our County-by-County Page for Victor.

Cemeteries Near Victor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Victor.

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 Victor - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Victor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lowell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Old De Leon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bunyan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • West End Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • School Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cow Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • East End Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ellison Spring Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (127 more) ...
    • Old School Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Weaver Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Turkey Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Victor had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Victor, with the one closest to Victor listed first.

  • Highland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Desdemona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • De Leon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lingleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bunyan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bunyan is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunyan
  • Gorman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Duster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Duster is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
  • Downing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Downing is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
  • Dublin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harbin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Harbin is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
  • Proctor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Huckabay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Huckabay is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huckabay
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hannibal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hannibal is located in Erath County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
    • Stephenville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sipe Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Victor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victor.

Newspapers Published in Victor ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Victor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Victor, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Victor.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Victor:

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 Victor, 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- Victor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.