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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 Cheek (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 Cheek. 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 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.

Cheek is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Chambers, Hardin, Liberty & Orange.

Below are the counties that are near Cheek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cheek:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Cheek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.
    • Amelia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Pine Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Beaumont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • La Belle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • La Belle is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
    • Higgins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Higgins is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
    • China
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • China is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <1>
    • Taylor Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylor Landing is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Landing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
    • Hamshire
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Central Gardens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Central Gardens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gardens
    • Port Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nederland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bevil Oaks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
  • Chambers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.
    • Winnie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stowell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Monroe City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Monroe City is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
    • Hankamer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Turtle Bayou
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
  • Galveston County
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.
    • Loeb
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
    • Rose Hill Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
    • Pinewood Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
    • Grayburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
    • Sour Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lumberton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Silsbee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Kountze
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saratoga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Batson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jasper County
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.
    • Devers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Daisetta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Hull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Raywood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Woodson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Woodson is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.
    • Rose City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose City is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
    • Vidor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vidor is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <1>
    • Pine Forest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Pine Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Terry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Terry is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
    • Bridge City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Orangefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Mauriceville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Texla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Texla is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
    • Lemonville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lemonville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
    • Pinehurst
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Pinehurst is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
    • West Orange
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cheek, see our County-by-County Page for Cheek.

Cemeteries Near Cheek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cheek.

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 Cheek - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cheek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.

  • Broussard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Landrum Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hebert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillebrandt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodrow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Anthony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Anthony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beaumont.
    • The Anthony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dan Gill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130 <2>
  • Spell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Floyd Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (68 more) ...
    • Berry Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pivoto Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mansfield Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<3>

While we didn't find Cheek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cheek.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cheek, with the one closest to Cheek listed first.

  • Amelia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
  • Pine Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
  • La Belle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • La Belle is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
  • Beaumont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • China
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • China is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <1>
  • Rosedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Sour Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Terry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Terry is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Felicia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Felicia is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
  • Tulane
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Tulane is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
  • Nona
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Nona is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
  • Sabine Pass
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Kountze
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Orange
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Saratoga
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Cheek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheek.

Newspapers Published in Cheek ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cheek, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cheek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cheek:

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 Cheek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Cheek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.