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 Woosley (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 Woosley. 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 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.
Woosley is located in Rains 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 Rains County: Hopkins, Hunt, Van Zandt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Woosley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woosley:
- Rains County (The home county of Woosley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Tawakoni
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flats is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flats
- Hooker Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker Ridge is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Ridge
- Emory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Royse City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Josephine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delta County
- Needmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Miller Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Divide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Cumby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brashear
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Rockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sulphur Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Como
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- West Tawakoni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Lone Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawk Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hawk Cove is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Weiland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weiland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiland
- Boles Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boles Home is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Home
- Quinlan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Union Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrix
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Caddo Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Ables Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ables Springs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ables Springs
- Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- College Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Terrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Ola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Oak Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Post Oak Bend City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Prairieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Blackland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- McLendon - Chisholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Fate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mobile City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Smith County
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Edgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fruitvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wills Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Saline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tundra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Van
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Gunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gunter is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter
- Alba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yantis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Golden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quitman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Forest Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Mineola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cartwright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woosley, see our County-by-County Page for Woosley.
Cemeteries Near Woosley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woosley.
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 Woosley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woosley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Woosley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Worcester - Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trumble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bishop Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coats Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland - Benton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Bright Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Woosley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woosley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woosley, with the one closest to Woosley listed first.
- Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Emory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McCoy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McCoy is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Wieland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wieland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
- Wills Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Divide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Grand Saline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Yantis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woosley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woosley.
Newspapers Published in Woosley ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woosley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woosley, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woosley.
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 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 Woosley:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Rains County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woosley) 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 Woosley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |