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 Coonskin Crossing (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 Coonskin Crossing. 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 Coonskin Crossing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Coonskin Crossing: Coonskin Xing.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Coonskin Crossing is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Leon, Madison, Trinity & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Coonskin Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coonskin Crossing:
- Houston County (The home county of Coonskin Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Latexo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grapeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
- Refuge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Crockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porter Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Hickory Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Belott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Austonio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Austonio is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
- Harrison Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Weches
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Salmon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Elkhart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Slocum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Cronin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Lakeview Assembly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
- Alderbranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Long Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Tucker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Deanwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deanwright is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
- Crystal Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Kossuth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Weeping Mary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Maydelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Butler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Butler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Red Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lake is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Centerview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centerview is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Middleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Pennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friday
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coonskin Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Coonskin Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Coonskin Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coonskin Crossing.
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 Coonskin Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coonskin Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Ferrell Women Graves
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Spring Cemetery
- The Hayes Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haynes Spring Cemetery
- Hays Spring Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meriwether Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Halls Field Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sheridan Graves
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- New Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Latexo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latexo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Latexo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Latexo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4760 <2>
- Golden Gate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Coonskin Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coonskin Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coonskin Crossing, with the one closest to Coonskin Crossing listed first.
- Grapeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porter Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- San Pedro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- San Pedro is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- Elkhart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Augusta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Cronin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Ash
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ash is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Alderbranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Tucker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Long Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Oakwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weches
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coonskin Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coonskin Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Coonskin Crossing ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coonskin Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coonskin Crossing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coonskin Crossing.
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 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 Coonskin Crossing:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Freestone County
- Leon County
- Madison County
- Trinity 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 Coonskin Crossing, 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- Coonskin Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |