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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 Washburn (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 Washburn. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Washburn is located in Armstrong County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Armstrong County: Briscoe, Carson, Donley, Gray, Potter, Randall & Swisher.

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

  • Armstrong County     (The home county of Washburn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washburn, with the one closest to Washburn listed first.
    • Claude
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
      • Claude is located in Armstrong County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <1>
    • Malden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden is located in Armstrong County
    • Goodnight
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayside <1>
  • Carson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washburn, with the one closest to Washburn listed first.
    • Panhandle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Groom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom
      • Groom is located in Carson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groom <1>
    • White Deer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Potter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washburn, with the one closest to Washburn listed first.
    • Amarillo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Soncy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Bishop Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Hills
      • Bishop Hills is located in Potter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Bushland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushland
      • Bushland is located in Potter County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bushland <1>
  • Randall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washburn, with the one closest to Washburn listed first.
    • Lake Tanglewood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
      • Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
    • Palisades
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Timbercreek Canyon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercreek Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
      • Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
    • Canyon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Washburn ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Washburn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Washburn, 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 Washburn.

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 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 Washburn:

Cemeteries Near Washburn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Washburn.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Washburn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
  • Claude Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Llano Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Panhandle Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5414 <4>
  • Arnot Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnot Cemetery
  • Memory Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Townsend Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townsend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townsend Cemetery
    • Goodnight Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Groom Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Washburn had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Pullman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pullman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
    • Pullman is located in Potter County
  • Claude
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Claude is located in Armstrong County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <1>
  • Amarillo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Panhandle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Canyon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodnight
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • White Deer
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Washburn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Washburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1767, Longitude: -101.5732       In this case, the coordinates for Washburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Washburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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