Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Center Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Center Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Center Point, please Contact Us.
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 Center Point (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 Center Point. 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 Center Point ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Centerpoint.
- A typical abbreviation for Center Point: Center Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Center Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Center Point.
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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Center Point is historic, it would have been located within present day Camp 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 Camp County: Franklin, Marion, Morris, Titus, Upshur & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Center Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Point:
- Camp County (The home county of Center Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harvard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Rocky Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Bassett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Dalby Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Hughes Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bryans Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Scroggins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Purley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Winnsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Seven Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- East Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Mountain is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Warren City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warren City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Teneryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksville City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Gladewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Morton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Harleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hopkins County
- Greenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Macedonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Sarber
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sarber is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber
- Kellyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Cason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jenkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Daingerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Omaha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Naples
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Cookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Miller's Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- LaFayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Ewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ewell is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Coffeeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Ore City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bettie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Delrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delrose is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
- Simpsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Piney Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Gilmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Graceton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Graceton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Indian Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Rock is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock
- Diana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Perryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Stout
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Pine Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Point, see our County-by-County Page for Center Point.
Cemeteries Near Center Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Point.
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 Center Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- Slaton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Handsome Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Traylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blevens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bolton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Daingerfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lev Olds Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Pittsburg.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6473 <4>
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.
While we didn't find Center Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Center Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
- LaFayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Cason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Daingerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ewell is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Pittsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coffeeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Hughes Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Bettie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Simpsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Omaha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cookville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Avinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Point.
Newspapers Published in Center Point ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Center Point.
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 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 Center Point:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Camp County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Cass County
- Franklin County
- Gregg County
- Harrison County
- Hopkins County
- Marion County
- Morris County
- Titus County
- Upshur County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Center Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Center Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |