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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Cronin during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Cronin was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Cronin (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 Cronin. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Cronin is located in Anderson County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Anderson County: Cherokee, Freestone, Henderson, Houston & Leon.

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

  • Anderson County     (The home county of Cronin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Elkhart
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview Assembly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Assembly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
      • Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
    • Palestine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Deanwright
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deanwright have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
      • Deanwright is located in Anderson County
    • Crystal Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
      • Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Tucker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Anderson County
    • Kossuth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kossuth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
      • Kossuth is located in Anderson County
    • Alderbranch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderbranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
      • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
    • Slocum
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
      • Slocum is located in Anderson County
    • Wells Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
      • Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Salmon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
      • Salmon is located in Anderson County
    • Long Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Harmony
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Maydelle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maydelle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydelle
      • Maydelle is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maydelle <2>
    • Dialville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
      • Dialville is located in Cherokee County
    • Weeping Mary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
      • Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
    • Cuney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuney
      • Cuney is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuney <2>
    • Reese
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
      • Reese is located in Cherokee County
    • Rusk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
      • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <2>
    • Jacksonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Turney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
      • Turney is located in Cherokee County
    • New Birmingham ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Birmingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
      • New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Oakwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Freestone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <2>
    • Red Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
    • Turlington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
    • Lanely
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanely have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Poynor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poynor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynor
      • Poynor is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poynor <2>
    • Berryville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
      • Berryville is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
    • LaRue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Grapeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Refuge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
      • Refuge is located in Houston County
    • Latexo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Bluff Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
    • Belott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
      • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Crockett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
      • Crockett is located in Houston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crockett <2>
    • Hickory Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
    • Porter Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Bluff City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
      • Bluff City is located in Houston County
    • Cooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
    • Harrison Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
      • Harrison Town is located in Houston County
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cronin, with the one closest to Cronin listed first.
    • Russell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
      • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Cronin ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cronin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cronin, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cronin.

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 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 Cronin:

Cemeteries Near Cronin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cronin.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Perry Starr Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Douthit Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Douthit Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douthit Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3276 <6>
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hubbard Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2382195 <6>
  • Starr Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starr Cemetery
  • Thomas Starr Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Camp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell Cemetery
  • Cedar Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garden of Memories Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Elkhart.
    • The Garden of Memories Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Elkhart Garden of Memories
    • Garden of Memories
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Memories Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978422 <6>
  • Payne Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Funderburk Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Funderburk Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Funderburk Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194633 <6>
  • Bell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bell Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322 <6>
  • Continue List   (260 more) ...
    • Chambers - Day Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Halick Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Halick Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • The Halick Cemetery has also been known as:
      • McGary Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halick Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323656 <6>
    • Pleasant Springs Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cronin had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Elkhart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Palestine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Tucker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Anderson County
  • Long Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
  • Alderbranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderbranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
    • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
  • Wells Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
    • Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
  • Grapeland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Oakwood is located in Freestone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <2>
  • Montalba
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montalba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalba
    • Montalba is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montalba <2>
  • Neches
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tennessee Colony
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Butler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Butler is located in Freestone County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Brushy Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
      • Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
    • San Pedro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Pedro is located in Houston County
    • Augusta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Augusta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
      • Augusta is located in Houston County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cronin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cronin.

The official website for Anderson County: www.co.anderson.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Cronin and then turned east". While Cronin could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Cronin as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cronin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Texas community named Cronin.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cronin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cronin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6763, Longitude: -95.6166       In this case, the coordinates for Cronin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Cronin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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