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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 Dies Community (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 Dies Community. 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 and hospitals 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.

Dies Community is located in Tyler 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 Tyler County: Angelina, Hardin, Jasper & Polk.

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

  • Tyler County     (The home county of Dies Community)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Doucette
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Colmesneil
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Tyler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,442 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <1>
    • Peach Tree Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peach Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village
      • Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
    • Ivanhoe North
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe North came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
      • Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
    • Ivanhoe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanhoe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
    • Hillister
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Warren
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Spurger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fred
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Martin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Martin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Angelina County
    • Dolan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
      • Dolan is located in Angelina County
    • Nancy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
      • Nancy is located in Angelina County
    • Manning ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manning have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
      • Manning is located in Angelina County
    • Zavalla
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Parker Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
    • Beulah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Angelina County
    • Prairie Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Boynton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boynton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
    • Shady Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Shady Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Bald Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Hill
      • Bald Hill is located in Angelina County
    • Diboll
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Village Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Mills
      • Village Mills is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Village Mills <1>
    • Bragg ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bragg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
      • Bragg is located in Hardin County
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Beech Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
    • Harveytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
    • Jasper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sam Rayburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Barnum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
      • Barnum is located in Polk County
    • Barnes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
      • Barnes is located in Polk County
    • Lily Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Island
      • Lily Island is located in Polk County
    • Camden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <1>
    • Dallardsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Moscow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
    • Seven Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
    • Corrigan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Skinner Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skinner Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town
      • Skinner Town is located in Polk County
    • Leggett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leggett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
      • Leggett is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leggett <1>
    • Oak Shade
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
      • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
    • New Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Willard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Willard
      • New Willard is located in Polk County
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dies Community, with the one closest to Dies Community listed first.
    • Powell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County

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

Cemeteries Near Dies Community ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dies Community.

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 Dies Community covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Hardshell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardshell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardshell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Steeles Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steeles Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steeles Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Egypt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Egypt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Egypt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mann Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mann Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mahaffey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahaffey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mahaffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sterling Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sterling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • George Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tarver Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • Nowlin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nowlin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nowlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Davis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hubert Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubert Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Colmesneil
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Tyler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <1>
  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Tyler County
  • Barnum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
    • Barnum is located in Polk County
  • Hortense
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hortense have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
    • Hortense is located in Polk County
  • Hillister
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Warren
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Dallardsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Town Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
    • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
  • Hyatt
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyatt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
    • Hyatt is located in Tyler County
  • Moscow
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Polk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Spurger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beech Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beech Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
    • Seven Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people

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

Newspapers Published in Dies Community ...

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 Dies Community.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dies Community, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dies Community.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dies Community:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dies Community. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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 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.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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>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 Dies Community, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Dies Community) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dies Community. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8613, Longitude: -94.4899       In this case, the coordinates for Dies Community have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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