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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 Wylie (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 Wylie. 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 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.

Wylie is located in Taylor 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 Taylor County: Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels & Shackelford.

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

  • Taylor County     (The home county of Wylie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wylie, with the one closest to Wylie listed first.
    • Abilene
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
      • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
    • Tye
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
      • Tye is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tye <1>
    • Potosi
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potosi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
      • Potosi is located in Taylor County
    • Impact
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Impact have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
      • Impact is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
    • Tuscola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
      • Tuscola is located in Taylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuscola <1>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
    • Hamby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby
      • Hamby is located in Taylor County
    • Ovalo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ovalo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovalo
      • Ovalo is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovalo <1>
    • Merkel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lawn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Trent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Callahan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wylie, with the one closest to Wylie listed first.
    • Eula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eula
      • Eula is located in Callahan County
    • Clyde
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Callahan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>
    • Denton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • Denton is located in Callahan County
      • Denton has also been known as:
      • Denton Valley
    • Baird
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Baird is located in Callahan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baird <1>
    • Belle Plain ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
      • Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
    • Rowden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowden
      • Rowden is located in Callahan County
  • Coleman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wylie, with the one closest to Wylie listed first.
    • Goldsboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
      • Goldsboro is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsboro <1>
    • Novice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
      • Novice is located in Coleman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novice <1>
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wylie, with the one closest to Wylie listed first.
    • Stith
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stith
      • Stith is located in Jones County
    • Hawley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Hawley is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawley <1>
    • Fort Phantom Hill ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Phantom Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Phantom Hill
      • Fort Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
    • Funston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
      • Funston is located in Jones County
    • Anson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
      • Anson is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <1>
    • Lueders
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lueders have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lueders
      • Lueders is located in Jones County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lueders <1>
  • Nolan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wylie, with the one closest to Wylie listed first.
    • Nolan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nolan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
      • Nolan is located in Nolan County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nolan <1>
    • Hylton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hylton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
      • Hylton is located in Nolan County
  • Runnels County

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

Newspapers Published in Wylie ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wylie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wylie, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wylie.

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 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 Wylie:

Cemeteries Near Wylie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wylie.

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 Wylie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Iberis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Old Colony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Colony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Colony Cemetery
  • Elmwood Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Memorial Park
  • Abilene State Hospital Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abilene State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abilene State Hospital Cemetery
  • Little Elm Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Elm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Elm Cemetery
  • Drummond Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drummond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drummond Cemetery
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Hill Cemetery
  • Potosi Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potosi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potosi Cemetery
  • Tye Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo Gap Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Gap Cemetery
  • Seaton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaton Cemetery
  • Lemons Gap Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lemons Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemons Gap Cemetery
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • McBee Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McBee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McBee Cemetery
    • Mid Way Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mid Way Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mid Way Cemetery
    • Cope Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cope 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.<5>

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

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

  • Abilene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
    • Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
  • Elmdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
    • Elmdale is located in Taylor County
  • Clyde
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Callahan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>
  • Merkel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Guion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
    • Guion is located in Taylor County
  • Phantom Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phantom Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
    • Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
  • Trent
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Baird
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Baird is located in Callahan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baird <1>
  • Belle Plain ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plain
    • Belle Plain is located in Callahan County
  • Anson
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
    • Anson is located in Jones County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,275 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anson <1>
  • Novice
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
    • Novice is located in Coleman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novice <1>
  • Eskota
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eskota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
    • Eskota is located in Fisher County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wylie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Taylor County: www.taylorcountytexas.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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>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 from Point A (ie- Wylie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wylie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3729, Longitude: -99.7754       In this case, the coordinates for Wylie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Wylie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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