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 East Direct (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 East Direct. 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 East Direct ...
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 East Direct: E. Direct
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 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.
East Direct is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Bryan (OK), Choctaw (OK), Delta, Fannin & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near East Direct. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Direct:
- Lamar County (The home county of East Direct)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Direct
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
- Belk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belk is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Garretts Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
- Sumner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caviness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caviness is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
- Razor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Razor is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
- Hopewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Chicota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- High
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Petty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brookston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Ben Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pecan Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Enloe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Telephone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Allen Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Point is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
- Carson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carson is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Allens Chapel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Honey Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Windom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dial
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Dodd City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sowells Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sowells Bluff is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowells Bluff
- Ridings
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ridings is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridings
- Boyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Atoka County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Lone Pine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Atoka County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Farris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Wade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Bennington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Bokchito
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnaby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
- Matoy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Matoy is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Boswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Soper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
- Frogville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- Sawyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Pushmataha County (OK)
- Antlers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Direct, see our County-by-County Page for East Direct.
Cemeteries Near East Direct ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Direct.
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 East Direct - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Direct covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Pyles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Community Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crowder Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Vine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caviness Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Prairie Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Reid Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arch Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find East Direct in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Direct.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Direct, with the one closest to East Direct listed first.
- Direct
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
- Monkstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monkstown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkstown
- Maxey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maxey is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Sumner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emberson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emberson is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emberson
- Selfs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Selfs is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfs
- Telephone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Petty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- High
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Brookston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chicota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hinckley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hinckley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Powderly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lamasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lamasco is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Direct. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Direct.
Newspapers Published in East Direct ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Direct.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Direct, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Direct.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 East Direct:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Lamar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delta County
- Fannin County
- Atoka County
- Bryan County
- Choctaw County
- Pushmataha 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> | 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 East Direct, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- East Direct) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |