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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 Wildwood (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 Wildwood. 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 and 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.

Wildwood is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Polk & Tyler.

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

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Wildwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Village Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bragg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bragg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
    • Kountze
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Thicket
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Votaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saratoga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Silsbee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Batson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lumberton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinewood Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
    • Sour Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Grayburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
    • Loeb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Evadale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Buna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Beech Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
    • Bunker Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Bevil Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
    • Voth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Fuqua ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fuqua is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuqua
    • Big Thicket Creekmore Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rye
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Romayor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Coushatta Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coushatta Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coushatta Village
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Africa is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Hull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mariam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mariam is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariam
    • Rayburn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rayburn is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
    • Daisetta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Oak Shade
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
    • Dallardsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
    • Ace
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Schwab City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Schwab City is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
    • Barnes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Barnes is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
    • Lily Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lily Island is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Island
    • Goodrich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildwood, with the one closest to Wildwood listed first.
    • Warren
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hillister
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ivanhoe North
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
    • Ivanhoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
    • Fred
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Woodville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Spurger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Doucette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Town Bluff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
    • Colmesneil
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Chester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Peach Tree Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village

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

Cemeteries Near Wildwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildwood.

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

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

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

  • Village Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hyatt Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hyatt Community Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Warren.
    • The Hyatt Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hyatt Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484789 <2>
  • Fellowship Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Warren Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hester Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • William W. Hart Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • McNeely Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bumstead Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • Griffin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Allison Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brackin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Wildwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wildwood.

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

  • Village Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hyatt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyatt is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
  • Warren
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hillister
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kountze
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dallardsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Nona
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nona is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
  • Saratoga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Woodville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Spurger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Town Bluff
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
  • Sour Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Colmesneil
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hortense
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hortense is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
    • Magnolia Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs

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

Newspapers Published in Wildwood ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildwood.

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

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 websites either 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 Wildwood:

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>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- Wildwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Wildwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.