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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 Daniels (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 Daniels. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Daniels is located in Panola 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 Panola County: Caddo (LA), De Soto (LA), Harrison, Rusk & Shelby.

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

  • Panola County     (The home county of Daniels)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Murvaul
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Murvaul is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
    • Gary City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Buncome
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buncome is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
    • Carthage
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Delray
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Delray is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Woods
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Woods is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Dotson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dotson is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
    • Long Branch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Beckville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Midyett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Center Point is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • De Berry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Easton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Elderville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Elderville is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
    • Lakeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Garrison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Whispering Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Fitze
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
    • Appleby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Martinsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Trawick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Caledonia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Caledonia is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Pinehill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Pinehill is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
    • Concord
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Brachfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Brachfield is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
    • Tatum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Minden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mount Enterprise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Flats
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
    • Sulphur Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Henderson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Laneville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Monroe is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Timpson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tenaha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Joaquin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Haslam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Haslam is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
    • Arcadia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Africa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Campti
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Campti is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
    • Short
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Short is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Shelbyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Choice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
  • Caddo Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Bethany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
  • De Soto Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daniels, with the one closest to Daniels listed first.
    • Logansport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Longstreet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Keachi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Stanley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people

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

Cemeteries Near Daniels ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Daniels.

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

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

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

  • Murvaul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Gary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Carrico Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gary - Taylor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Snap Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Page Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ross - Etheridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Bethel MB Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindsey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (223 more) ...
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Anderson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

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

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

  • Carthage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Delray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Delray is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
  • Woods
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woods is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
  • Fair Play
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Timpson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tenaha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Caledonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Caledonia is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Beckville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Pinehill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pinehill is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
  • Deadwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Deadwood is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
  • Lawsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Huber
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Huber is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
    • Midyett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
    • Garrison
      (18 miles [29 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 Daniels. See our List of 1890's Communities around Daniels.

Newspapers Published in Daniels ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Daniels.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Daniels, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Daniels.

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 helpful 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 Daniels:

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 from Point A (ie- Daniels) 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 Daniels, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.