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 Eustace (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 Eustace. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Eustace is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Anderson, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, Smith & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Eustace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eustace:
- Henderson County (The home county of Eustace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Log Cabin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Caney City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Enchanted Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Payne Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Gun Barrel City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Star Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Malakoff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tool
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Trinidad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Murchison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Cayuga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Blackfoot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Bois d'Arc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Greens Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greens Bluff is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Bluff
- Yard ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yard is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
- Ward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Ellis County
- Telico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Telico is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telico
- Freestone County
- Winkler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winkler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Mabank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Tolosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Kemp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Becker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- Stubbs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Styx
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Ola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Grays Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Prairie is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Abner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Cottonwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Kaufman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Bazette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Goodlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Kerens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Flat is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat
- Powell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Roane
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roane is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roane
- Chatfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mildred
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mildred is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Tupelo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tupelo is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Rice
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corsicana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Navarro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Navarro is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Smith County
- Carroll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Tundra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Wheeler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Edom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Edgewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wills Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fruitvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Saline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eustace, see our County-by-County Page for Eustace.
Cemeteries Near Eustace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eustace.
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 Eustace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eustace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Moorehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mabank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Ranch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malakoff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malakoff Cemetery
- The Malakoff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Malakoff City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5025 <2>
- Sand Flat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stean Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Steen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Steen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Malakoff.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171619 <2>
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Eustace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eustace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eustace, with the one closest to Eustace listed first.
- Payne Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Roddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roddy is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Malakoff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walton is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinidad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Prairieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Tolosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Wise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wise is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Murchison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Martins Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Mill is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kemp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bazette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Kerens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eustace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eustace.
Newspapers Published in Eustace ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eustace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eustace, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eustace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Eustace:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Ellis County
- Freestone County
- Kaufman County
- Navarro County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Eustace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Eustace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |