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 Bryce (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 Bryce. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Bryce is located in Rusk 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 Rusk County: Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Bryce. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bryce:
- Rusk County (The home county of Bryce)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Caledonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Brachfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Mount Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- Minden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Flats
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Laneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tatum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Cherokee County
- Reklaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Easton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elderville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Garrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fitze
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Appleby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Trawick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Cushing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Looneyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Martinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Swift
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Nat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Sacul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Dotson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Long Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buncome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buncome is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
- Clayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gary City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Murvaul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Murvaul is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
- Delray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Woods is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Carthage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beckville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Midyett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midyett is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Timpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tenaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arcadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Africa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Short
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Joaquin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Choice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Choice is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Campti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Campti is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
- Haslam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haslam is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
- Shelbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smith County
- Wright City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bryce, see our County-by-County Page for Bryce.
Cemeteries Near Bryce ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bryce.
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 Bryce - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bryce covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Bridwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hodge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver's Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greeley CME Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Langston - Spence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston - Spence Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Langston - Spence Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Mount Enterprise.
- The Langston - Spence Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barham Cemetery
- Langston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4749 <2>
- Miles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Murvaul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Phillips Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Bryce in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bryce.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bryce, with the one closest to Bryce listed first.
- Caledonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Lawsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Long Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Timpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinehill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- Minden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fitze
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Fair Play
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fair Play is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Delray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Linn Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Huber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Laneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Appleby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bryce. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bryce.
Newspapers Published in Bryce ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bryce.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bryce, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bryce.
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 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 Bryce:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Rusk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Gregg County
- Nacogdoches County
- Panola County
- Shelby County
- Smith 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bryce) 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 Bryce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |