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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 Donie (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 Donie. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Donie is located in Freestone 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 Freestone County: Anderson, Leon, Limestone & Navarro.

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

  • Freestone County     (The home county of Donie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Donie, with the one closest to Donie listed first.
    • Freestone
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
    • Dew
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
    • Teague
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teague have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <2>
    • Lanely
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
    • Cotton Gin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Turlington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
    • Kirvin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Red Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
    • Oakwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <2>
    • Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewards Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
      • Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
    • Wortham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wortham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
      • Wortham is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wortham <2>
    • Streetman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Donie, with the one closest to Donie listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Greens Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
      • Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
    • Yard ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
      • Yard is located in Anderson County
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Donie, with the one closest to Donie listed first.
    • Newby
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
      • Newby is located in Leon County
    • Buffalo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jewett
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Concord
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Marquez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Centerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Russell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
      • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Flynn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flynn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
      • Flynn is located in Leon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flynn <2>
    • Leona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
      • Leona is located in Leon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leona <2>
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Centerview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
    • Middleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Donie, with the one closest to Donie listed first.
    • Farrar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
      • Farrar is located in Limestone County
    • Personville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
      • Personville is located in Limestone County
    • Lost Prairie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
    • Fallon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
      • Fallon is located in Limestone County
    • Groesbeck
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mexia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <2>
    • Thornton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tehuacana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kosse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
      • Kosse is located in Limestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <2>
    • Frosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Donie, with the one closest to Donie listed first.
    • Seale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County

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

Newspapers Published in Donie ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Donie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Donie, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Donie.

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 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 Donie:

Cemeteries Near Donie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Donie.

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

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

  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Oak Cemetery
  • Wilsons Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilsons Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilsons Chapel Cemetery
  • Old Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Zion Cemetery
  • Holt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holt Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4320 <4>
  • Oakes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Oakes Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oaks Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakes Cemetery
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Jewett.
    • The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Hope Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203994 <4>
  • Mays Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mays Cemetery
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
  • Holly Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Grove Cemetery
  • Varnell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Varnell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Varnell Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7386 <4>
  • Philpott Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philpott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philpott Cemetery
  • Mays Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mays Cemetery
  • Continue List   (152 more) ...
    • Salem Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Kendrick Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendrick Cemetery
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship 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 Donie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Donie.

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

  • Farrar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
    • Farrar is located in Limestone County
  • Luna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
    • Luna is located in Freestone County
  • Personville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
    • Personville is located in Limestone County
  • Jewett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dew
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Dew is located in Freestone County
  • Oletha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oletha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oletha
    • Oletha is located in Limestone County
  • Prairie Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
    • Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
  • Seale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
  • Concord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Marquez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Keechi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keechi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keechi
    • Keechi is located in Leon County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cotton Gin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Groesbeck
      (18 miles [29 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 Donie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Donie.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Donie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Donie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4773, Longitude: -96.2228    
<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 Donie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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