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 Bronson (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 Bronson. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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/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 south 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.
Bronson is located in Sabine 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 Sabine County: Sabine (LA), Jasper, Newton, San Augustine & Shelby.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Bronson. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bronson:
- Sabine County (The home county of Bronson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Rosevine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosevine is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
- Pineland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hemphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookeland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mason
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mason is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Parker Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Point is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ora is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Boynton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boynton is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Zavalla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ewing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Nancy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nancy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
- Oak Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Dolan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Thomas Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Browndell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Browndell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Sam Rayburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harveytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harveytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Chireno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Attoyac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
- Etoile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- South Toledo Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
- Toledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toledo is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Wiergate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Augustine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Rebecca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
- Maxey Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
- White City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- San Augustine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Powell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Broaddus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Zana ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Denning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Choice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Choice is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Short
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Huxley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huxley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Sabine Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Negreet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rock is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Toro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
- Zwolle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bronson, see our County-by-County Page for Bronson.
Cemeteries Near Bronson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bronson.
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 Bronson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bronson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Bronson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McBride Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Horton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beauchamp Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McClelland Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Centerview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Centerview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bobbitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitton Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosevine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bronson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bronson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Hemphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Macune
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Macune is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookeland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- San Augustine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zana ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Sexton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sexton is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Denning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Patroon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Patroon is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patroon
- East Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Hamilton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Ironosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
- Chireno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bronson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bronson.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bronson ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bronson.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bronson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bronson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bronson.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Bronson.
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 either 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 Bronson:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Sabine County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Angelina County
- Jasper County
- Nacogdoches County
- Newton County
- San Augustine County
- Shelby County
- Sabine Parish
- 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> | 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 Bronson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bronson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |