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 Whatley (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 Whatley. 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 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.
Whatley is located in Bowie 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 Bowie County: Little River (AR), Miller (AR), McCurtain (OK), Cass, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Whatley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whatley:
- Bowie County (The home county of Whatley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Texarkana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nash
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Leary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Victory City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Redbank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Hooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Redwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Domino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Springdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Bloomburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Queen City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Douglassville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hempstead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- McNab
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Sheppard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
- Columbus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Patmos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Patmos is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Howard County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Saratoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tollette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tollette is located in Howard County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buck Range
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Lafayette County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Lewisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Kress City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Ogden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ashdown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ashdown is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <1>
- Millwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Yarborough Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Wilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <1>
- Alleene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Foreman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winthrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Texarkana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rondo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Fouke
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Doddridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sevier County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Paraloma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whatley, see our County-by-County Page for Whatley.
Cemeteries Near Whatley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whatley.
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 Whatley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whatley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Red Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wooten Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- State Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Texarkana.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6465 <2>
- Continue List (154 more) ...
- Rondo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo Cemetery
- The Rondo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rondo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56000 <2>
- Rondo Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Whatley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whatley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whatley, with the one closest to Whatley listed first.
- Texarkana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Texarkana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mandeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Ogden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Eylau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eylau is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylau
- Homan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Homan is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homan
- Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Millwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Peytonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peytonville is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonville
- Hooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Rankin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rankin is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- McKinney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whatley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whatley.
Newspapers Published in Whatley ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whatley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whatley, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whatley.
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 Whatley:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bowie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Hempstead County
- Howard County
- Lafayette County
- Little River County
- Miller County
- Sevier 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> | 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 Whatley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Whatley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |