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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 Woodson (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 Woodson. 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 doctors and 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.

Woodson is located in Throckmorton 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 Throckmorton County: Archer, Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Shackelford, Stephens & Young.

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

  • Throckmorton County     (The home county of Woodson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodson, with the one closest to Woodson listed first.
    • Throckmorton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Elbert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
      • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County
  • Archer County
  • Baylor County
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Shackelford County
  • Stephens County
  • Young County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodson, with the one closest to Woodson listed first.
    • Murray
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Proffitt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Eliasville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Newcastle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newcastle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
      • Newcastle is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <1>
    • Padgett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Padgett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
      • Padgett is located in Young County
    • South Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bunger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <1>
    • Olney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Olney is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,074 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Woodson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodson.

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

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

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

  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mathiews Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mathiews Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mathiews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hurford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bush Knob Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bush Knob Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bush Knob Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ledbetter Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ledbetter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ledbetter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snake Den Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snake Den Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snake Den Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stoker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stoker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stoker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huffstuttle Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huffstuttle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huffstuttle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4407 <4>
  • Murray Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ft. Griffin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Griffin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Griffin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Treadwell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Treadwell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Treadwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tyra Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyra Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...

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>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Woodson ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodson, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodson.

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 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 Woodson:

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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- Woodson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0184, Longitude: -99.0546    
<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 Woodson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.