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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 Woodbury (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 Woodbury. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Woodbury is located in Hill 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 Hill County: Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Limestone, McLennan & Navarro.

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

  • Hill County     (The home county of Woodbury)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • Peoria
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Peoria is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Lovelace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lovelace is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Hillsboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Huron ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Huron is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Itasca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Covington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Carl's Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Blum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
    • Aquilla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Abbott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • Laguna Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kimball
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Kimball is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Kopperl
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Greenock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Womack
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Morgan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cayote
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Meridian
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Eulogy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Eulogy is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • Milford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Auburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Auburn is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Italy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Maypearl
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Boz is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
    • Forreston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Venus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Avalon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nash is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
  • Hood County
    • Fort Spunky
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • Parker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Parker is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Grandview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Rio Vista
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuba
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cuba is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Coyote Flats
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Coyote Flats is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Flats
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Cleburne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvarado
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Keene
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Keene is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <1>
    • Bono
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bono is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Egan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Joshua
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • West
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • West is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
    • Tours
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tours is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
    • Ross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Ross is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
    • Gholson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • Patrick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Leroy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • China Spring
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Elm Mott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Northcrest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
    • Bosqueville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
    • Axtell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
    • Frost
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Blooming Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Somervell County
    • Nemo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Woodbury ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbury.

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

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

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

  • Woodbury Cemetery (New)
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Woodbury Cemetery (Old)
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Scofield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairiedale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest Garden of Memory Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Peoria Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsboro City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Park Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ridge Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...
    • Eureka Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Yates Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodbury had a population of 148 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Peoria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Peoria is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
  • Osceola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Osceola is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Hillsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blanton is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
  • Whitney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Itasca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Covington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Vaughan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Vaughan is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
  • Derden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Derden is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derden
  • Blum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Aquilla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Abbott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bynum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Brandon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rio Vista
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Woodbury ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbury.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbury, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodbury.

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 Woodbury:

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>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- Woodbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Woodbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.