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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 Woodrow (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 Woodrow. 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 and doctors 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.

Woodrow 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 Woodrow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodrow:

  • Hill County     (The home county of Woodrow)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Covington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Huron ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Huron is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Itasca
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lovelace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lovelace is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
    • Peoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Peoria is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Whitney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hillsboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carl's Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • Chatt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
    • Aquilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Brandon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Kimball
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Kimball is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
    • Kopperl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeside Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Morgan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Eulogy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Eulogy is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
    • Laguna Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Womack
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Meridian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Walnut Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Cayote
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Clifton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Auburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Auburn is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Maypearl
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Venus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Italy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Boz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Boz is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boz
    • Forreston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Midlothian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Nash is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Mansfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Hood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Fort Spunky
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
    • Pecan Plantation
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecan Plantation is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Plantation
    • Acton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • DeCordova
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • DeCordova is located in Hood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeCordova
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,108 people
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Rio Vista
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Parker is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Cuba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cuba is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Grandview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleburne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Coyote Flats
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Keene
      (16 miles [25.7 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bono is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Alvarado
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Egan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Egan is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
    • Joshua
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cross Timber
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cross Timber is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • McLennan County
    • West
      (27 miles [43.5 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>
  • Navarro County
    • Frost
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Somervell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Nemo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rainbow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Glen Rose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Glass
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Glass is located in Somervell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Tarrant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodrow, with the one closest to Woodrow listed first.
    • Retta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Retta is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
    • Oak Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Rendon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Rendon is located in Tarrant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendon

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

Cemeteries Near Woodrow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodrow.

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

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

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

  • Ross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodbury Cemetery (Old)
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Grange Hall Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Heath Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodbury Cemetery (New)
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Morrow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Faulkenbury Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (130 more) ...
    • Dodson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Scofield Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairiedale Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Derden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Derden is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derden
  • Blanton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Blanton is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
  • Covington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Osceola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Osceola is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Rio Vista
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Itasca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kimball
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Kimball is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
  • Grandview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cuba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cuba is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Kopperl
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Peoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Peoria is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Whitney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cleburne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Woodrow ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodrow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodrow, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodrow.

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 Woodrow:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodrow) 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 Woodrow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.