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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 Arbor (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 Arbor. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast 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 north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Arbor is located in Panola 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 Panola County: Caddo (LA), De Soto (LA), Harrison, Rusk & Shelby.

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

  • Panola County     (The home county of Arbor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Beckville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Center Point is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Delray
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Delray is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Clayton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Long Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Carthage
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Buncome
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Buncome is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
    • Murvaul
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Murvaul is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
    • Dotson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dotson is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
    • Gary City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • De Berry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Midyett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
  • Gregg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Easton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elderville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elderville is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
    • Lakeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fredonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fredonia is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Danville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Danville is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Rolling Meadows
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Longview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kilgore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greggton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Greggton is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
    • Judson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Teneryville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Teneryville is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
    • White Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Hallsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lansing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lansing is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Elysian Fields
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Noonday
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Noonday is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Nesbitt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
    • Scottsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Morton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Morton is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Woodlawn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Waskom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nacogdoches County
    • Garrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Tatum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pinehill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinehill is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
    • Monroe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Monroe is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Brachfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brachfield is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
    • Henderson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Minden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacobs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jacobs is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
    • Pirtle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Pirtle is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
    • Caledonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Caledonia is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Friars
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Friars is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
    • Concord
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Concord is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Joinerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Timpson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Tenaha
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arbor, with the one closest to Arbor listed first.
    • Wright City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wright City is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
    • Jamestown ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
  • Caddo Parish (LA)

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

Cemeteries Near Arbor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arbor.

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 Arbor - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arbor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Martin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Conner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tatum Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tatum Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Tatum.
    • The Tatum Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tatum City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #872809 <2>
  • Harmony Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Langley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (243 more) ...

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 Arbor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arbor.

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

  • Beckville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Tatum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fair Play
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fair Play is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Delray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Delray is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
  • Easton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinehill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinehill is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
  • Long Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Carthage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elderville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elderville is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
  • Monroe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Monroe is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Hallsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Henderson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lansing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lansing is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Minden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Midyett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett

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

Newspapers Published in Arbor ...

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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arbor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arbor, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arbor.

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 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 Arbor:

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 Arbor, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.