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 Concord (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 Concord. 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.
Concord is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Anderson, Angelina, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Concord. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Concord:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Concord)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Henrys Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Blackjack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Troup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gould
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- New Summerfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Ponta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Gallatin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Selman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Reklaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Turney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Frankston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Todd City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Herring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Neches
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Kilgore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Rolling Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Elderville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elderville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Lakeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Berryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Coffee City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Chandler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Sacul
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dextra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Cushing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Nat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Trawick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Douglass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Long Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dotson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Big Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Price
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selman City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnertown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnertown
- New Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Joinerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- Overton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Henderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Jacobs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jacobs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Sinclair City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Wright City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Arp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Whitehouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Chapel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Flint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Browning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Gresham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Lee Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Teaselville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Noonday
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Concord, see our County-by-County Page for Concord.
Cemeteries Near Concord ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Concord.
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 Concord - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Concord covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Henry's Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry's Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry's Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Troup.
- The Henry's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henry's Chapel UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960069 <3>
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Knoxville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fitch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boatright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Spence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Troup City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald 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.<4>
While we didn't find Concord in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Concord.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Troup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Mixon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Omen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- New Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Mount Selman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Overton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenfawn is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfawn
- Laneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bullard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Rusk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Concord. See our List of 1890's Communities around Concord.
Newspapers Published in Concord ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Concord, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Concord.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Concord:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Gregg County
- Henderson County
- Nacogdoches County
- Panola County
- Rusk 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Concord) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Concord, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |