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 Brookston (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 Brookston. 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 and doctors 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.
Brookston is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Bryan (OK), Choctaw (OK), Delta, Fannin & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Brookston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookston:
- Lamar County (The home county of Brookston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- High
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Toco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Ambia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Roxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Petty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caviness
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caviness is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
- Broadway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Ben Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Enloe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Jot-Em-Down
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Klondike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Needmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Allen Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Allen Point is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
- Honey Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dial
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Allens Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Windom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Carson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carson is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Ladonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Telephone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodd City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hail
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Tira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Peerless
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Posey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Posey is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Birthright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Nelta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Sulphur Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Yowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- Jardin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Fairlie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Wolfe City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- Commerce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Sulphur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Detroit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Halesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Bogata
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Addielou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Addielou is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
- Kanawha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Bryan County (OK)
- Wade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- Soper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boswell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frogville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookston, see our County-by-County Page for Brookston.
Cemeteries Near Brookston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookston.
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 Brookston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- Gaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dickie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mallory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Ford Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Roxton.
- The Rocky Ford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rockyford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6436 <2>
- Denton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Camp Hill Oil Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Restland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Roxton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6337 <2>
- Topping Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brackeen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Paris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2818 <2>
- McGalasson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGlasson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brookston had a population of 237 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookston, with the one closest to Brookston listed first.
- High
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Ambia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Roxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Maxey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxey is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Noble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Emberson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emberson is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emberson
- Ben Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Broadway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Broadway is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Joy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Glory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glory is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glory
- Hinckley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinckley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookston.
Newspapers Published in Brookston ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookston, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookston.
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 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 Brookston:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Lamar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Red River County
- Bryan County
- Choctaw 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> | 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 Brookston, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |