Looking to the Future - Learning from the Past (Speaker Event), Texas Czech Genealogical Soc, September 26

Welcome

Hood County was created in November 1866 from what had been part of the Municipality of San Felipe de Austin, then called Johnson County. The county seat is Granbury. The county is named for Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, Confederate commander of Hood's Texas Brigade.

Resources

On-Site

Cemeteries Census Records Lookups Surrounding Counties

Off-Site

Hood Archives Other TXGenWeb Counties Portal to Texas History Query Board

Communities

(g) means ghost town
Acton
Arrowhead Shores
Barnardville (see Fort Spunky)
Canyon Creek
Comanche Harbor
Cresson
DeCordova
Fairview
Fall Creek
Fort Spunky
Glen Rose (now in Somervell)
Granbury
Hill City
Kristenstad
Laguna Tres Estates
Lipan
Mambrino
Oak Hill(s)
Oak Trail Shores
Paluxy
Pecan Plantation
Rock Church
Rock Harbor
Rolling Hills Shores
Sky Harbor
Stockton (g)
Stockton Bend
Thorp Spring
Tolar
Waples

Publications, Past & Present

Democrat
Granbury News
Granbury Vidette
Graphic
Graphic and Hood County Truth
Graphic-Democrat
Hood County Herald
Hood County Informer News
Hood County News
Hood County News Tablet
Hood County Tablet