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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 West Point (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 West Point. 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 West Point ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for West Point: W. Point

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

West Point is located in Lynn 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 Lynn County: Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock & Terry.

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

  • Lynn County     (The home county of West Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • New Home
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
      • New Home is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Home <2>
    • Tahoka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tahoka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoka
      • Tahoka is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tahoka <2>
    • Wayside ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
      • Wayside is located in Lynn County
    • Wilson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Wilson is located in Lynn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <2>
    • New Lynn ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
      • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
    • Draw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
      • Draw is located in Lynn County
    • Grassland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
      • Grassland is located in Lynn County
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • Welch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
      • Welch is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <2>
    • O'Donnell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Donnell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
      • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
    • Lamesa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamesa
      • Lamesa is located in Dawson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,131 people
      • Lamesa has also been known as:
      • La Mesa
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamesa <2>
  • Gaines County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • White City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Gaines County
    • Loop
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hockley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • Ropesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lockettville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockettville
      • Lockettville is located in Hockley County
    • Smyer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyer
      • Smyer is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyer <2>
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • Slide
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
      • Slide is located in Lubbock County
    • Wolfforth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Reese Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reese Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Village
      • Reese Village is located in Lubbock County
    • Posey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
      • Posey is located in Lubbock County
    • Slaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lubbock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Terry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Point, with the one closest to West Point listed first.
    • Brownfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Meadow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
      • Wellman is located in Terry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellman <2>

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

Newspapers Published in West Point ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Point, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 West Point:

Cemeteries Near West Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Point.

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 West Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Old County Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old County Cemetery
  • Pride Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pride Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pride Cemetery
  • County Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Memorial Cemetery
  • New Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Meadow Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Cemetery
  • Foster Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
  • Gomez Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gomez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gomez Cemetery
  • ODonnell Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the ODonnell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the ODonnell Cemetery
  • Ropesville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ropesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ropesville Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Green Memorial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Memorial Park
    • Grassland Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Plain View Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plain View Cemetery

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 West Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Point.

  • Grassland
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • Grassland is located in Lynn County

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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- West Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1668, Longitude: -102.0499       In this case, the coordinates for West Point 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 West Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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