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 Bridges Chapel (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 Bridges Chapel. 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 Bridges Chapel ...
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.
While the name of this community is Bridges Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bridges Chapel may originally have been Bridge's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bridges Chapel might be written as Bridge Chapel.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Bridges Chapel is located in Titus 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 Titus County: Camp, Franklin, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Bridges Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridges Chapel:
- Titus County (The home county of Bridges Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Talco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Miller's Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Cookville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Dalby Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Bassett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- De Kalb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Harvard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Rocky Mound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Marietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hughes Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delta County
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagansport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Purley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Scroggins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Winnsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Saltillo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Sulphur Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Weaver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Nelta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Pickton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Como
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Black Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Birthright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Cunningham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Clardy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Pattonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Omaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cason
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Naples
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <2>
- Rocky Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Daingerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lone Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Cuthand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Boxelder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Bogata
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sherry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Halesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Annona
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Avery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- English
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Bagwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Detroit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Piney Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Simpsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- LaFayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Ewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ewell is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Perryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Stout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridges Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Bridges Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Bridges Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridges Chapel.
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 Bridges Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridges Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Marshall Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquil Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forrest Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nevills Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roundtree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Rock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (169 more) ...
- Prairie Academy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deshiell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Bridges Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridges Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridges Chapel, with the one closest to Bridges Chapel listed first.
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Argo is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Wilkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Macon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Macon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cookville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hagansport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Cuthand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Rosalie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosalie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Saltillo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Purley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Bogata
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridges Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridges Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Bridges Chapel ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bridges Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridges Chapel, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridges Chapel.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bridges Chapel:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Titus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Cass County
- Delta County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Morris County
- Red River County
- Upshur County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Bridges Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bridges Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |