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 Angler (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 Angler. 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 hospitals 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.
Angler is located in Wood 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 Wood County: Franklin, Hopkins, Rains, Smith, Upshur & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Angler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Angler:
- Wood County (The home county of Angler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Hawkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Hainesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
- Mineola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Quitman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Stout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Forest Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Cartwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Alba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Pine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Leesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Winnsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scroggins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Gladewater
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Warren City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Warren City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Liberty City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Clarksville City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- East Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Mountain is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Teneryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- Kilgore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greggton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greggton is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Rolling Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Chandler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- Black Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Laird Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Overton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- New London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Red Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Winona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Starrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Lindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Hideaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Tyler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Browning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Carroll
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Garden Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- New Chapel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Big Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Center Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Rhonesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
- Pritchett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Wilkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Rosewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Kelsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsey is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Grice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Union Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Gilmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delrose is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
- Simpsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Van
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Edom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Saline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ben Wheeler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Angler, see our County-by-County Page for Angler.
Cemeteries Near Angler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Angler.
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 Angler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Angler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Fouke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fouke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perryman Cemetery
- Hawkins City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Haney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Springs Free Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs Free Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Springs Free Cemetery is located in Red Springs.
- The Red Springs Free Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Springs Cemetery
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jarvis College Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fonda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fonda Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Big Sandy.
- The Fonda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Varnon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418860 <2>
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Bethesda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Flat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sand Flat Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Tyler.
- The Sand Flat Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sand Flat / Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285419 <2>
- Chilton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Angler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Angler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Angler, with the one closest to Angler listed first.
- Hawkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Pine Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Lindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Swan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Wilkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Pritchett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Mineola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Sylvan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sylvan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Garden Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Carroll
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Angler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Angler.
Newspapers Published in Angler ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Angler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Angler, 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 Angler.
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 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 Angler:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camp County
- Franklin County
- Gregg County
- Henderson County
- Hopkins County
- Rusk County
- Smith County
- Upshur County
- Van Zandt 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Angler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Angler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |