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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 Zacha Junction (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 Zacha Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Zacha Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Zacha Junction: Zacha Jct. (or less commonly used: Zacha Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Zacha Junction is located in Dallas 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 Dallas County: Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall & Tarrant.
Below are the counties that are near Zacha Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zacha Junction:
- Dallas County (The home county of Zacha Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rawlins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- Buckingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Rowlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- University Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mesquite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Balch Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Sachse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Parker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Wylie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucas is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
- Clear Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lavon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Denton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- The Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Lakewood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
- Hickory Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Elm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Southlake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flower Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Canyon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Double Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Shores is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Red Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Oak Leaf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Leaf is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Pecan Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Hill is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Sterrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sterrett is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterrett
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Union Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Caddo Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hendrix is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Heath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Forney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Talty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Talty is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
- Crandall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Poetry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poetry
- Terrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lone Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Post Oak Bend City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Kaufman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Scurry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- College Mound is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
- Rockwall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Rockwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mobile City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mobile City is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- McLendon - Chisholm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Fate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blackland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Tarrant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Minters Chapel ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Minters Chapel is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minters Chapel
- Euless
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Colleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- University Park Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsons Station is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Station
- Bransford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bransford is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- Hurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dalworthington Gardens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pantego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zacha Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Zacha Junction.
Cemeteries Near Zacha Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zacha Junction.
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 Zacha Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zacha Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Motley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fields Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove Hill Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Myers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- W.W. Glover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lyons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Restland Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Memorial Park
(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.<3>
While we didn't find Zacha Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zacha Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zacha Junction, with the one closest to Zacha Junction listed first.
- Reinhardt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reinhardt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reinhardt
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rawlins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlins is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Rowlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Dallas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sachse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renner is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renner
- Heath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rylie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rylie is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rylie
- Farmers Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zacha Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zacha Junction.
Newspapers Published in Zacha Junction ...
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 302 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zacha Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zacha Junction, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zacha Junction.
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 websites either 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 Zacha Junction:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Denton County
- Ellis County
- Hunt County
- Kaufman County
- Rockwall County
- Tarrant 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> | 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> | 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 Zacha Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Zacha Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |