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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 Wills 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 Wills 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 Wills 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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Wills Point: Wills Pt.
  • While the name of this city is Wills Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wills Point may originally have been Will's Point.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wills Point might be written as Will 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Wills Point is located in Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt County: Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Smith & Wood.

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

  • Van Zandt County     (The home county of Wills Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Edgewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fruitvale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Canton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
    • Grand Saline
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Tundra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
      • Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
    • Ben Wheeler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Wheeler
      • Ben Wheeler is located in Van Zandt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Wheeler <2>
    • Van
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
      • Van is located in Van Zandt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <2>
  • Collin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Royse City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Josephine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
      • Josephine is located in Collin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Josephine <2>
  • Dallas County
    • Combine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
      • Combine is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Eustace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eustace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustace
      • Eustace is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eustace <2>
    • Gun Barrel City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Seven Points
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Points
      • Seven Points is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seven Points <2>
    • Payne Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Payne Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
      • Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Miller Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonanza
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Palestine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palestine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Palestine is located in Hopkins County
    • Divide
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
      • Divide is located in Hopkins County
  • Hunt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Hawk Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
      • Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • West Tawakoni
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
      • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
    • Quinlan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
      • Quinlan is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinlan <2>
    • Boles Home
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
      • Boles Home is located in Hunt County
    • Lone Oak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
      • Lone Oak is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Oak <2>
    • Union Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
      • Union Valley is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Weiland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
      • Weiland is located in Hunt County
    • Dixon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Hunt County
    • Hendrix
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
      • Hendrix is located in Hunt County
    • Caddo Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caddo Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Mills
      • Caddo Mills is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo Mills <2>
    • Campbell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Hunt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <2>
    • Greenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Ables Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
      • Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
    • Elmo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
      • Elmo is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <2>
    • College Mound
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
    • Abner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
      • Abner is located in Kaufman County
    • Ola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
      • Ola is located in Kaufman County
    • Poetry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poetry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
      • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
    • Oak Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
    • Terrell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Becker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
      • Becker is located in Kaufman County
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Oak Bend City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
    • Kaufman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrence
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
  • Rains County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Flats
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
      • Flats is located in Rains County
    • East Tawakoni
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Tawakoni have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
      • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
    • Hooker Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
      • Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
    • Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Emory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLendon - Chisholm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • Fate
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fate
      • Fate is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fate <2>
    • Mobile City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
      • Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Rockwall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwall
      • Rockwall is located in Rockwall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,415 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwall <2>
  • Smith County
    • Jamestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wills Point, with the one closest to Wills Point listed first.
    • Alba
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Gunter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
      • Gunter is located in Wood County
    • Golden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Golden is located in Wood County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <2>
    • Yantis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yantis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yantis
      • Yantis is located in Wood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yantis <2>
    • Mineola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wills 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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wills Point.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wills Point. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wills Point and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wills Point.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Wills Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wills Point:

Cemeteries Near Wills Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wills 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 Wills Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • White Rose Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the White Rose Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wills Point.
    • The White Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wills Point Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Rose Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7606 <5>
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Union Grovel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Grovel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Grovel Cemetery
  • Allen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
  • Woodall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Point Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Point Cemetery
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
  • Ellis Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Chapel Cemetery
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
  • New Salem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Salem Cemetery
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (186 more) ...
    • Locust Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Grove Cemetery
    • Morince Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morince Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morince Cemetery
    • Bright Star Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bright Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bright Star 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wills Point had a population of 1,025 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wills Point had a population of 3,703 people.

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

  • Edgewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Myrtle Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtle Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
    • Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
  • McCoy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCoy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
    • McCoy is located in Kaufman County
  • Elmo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
    • Elmo is located in Kaufman County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <2>
  • Abner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
    • Abner is located in Kaufman County
  • Wise
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
    • Wise is located in Van Zandt County
  • Canton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Van Zandt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
  • Poetry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poetry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
    • Poetry is located in Kaufman County
  • Terrell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Prairieville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
    • Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
  • Jackson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Jackson is located in Van Zandt County
  • Grand Saline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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    • Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Emory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Kaufman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wills Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wills Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7076, Longitude: -96.0082    
<5>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.
<6>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 Wills Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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