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 Evelyn (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 Evelyn. 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 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.
Evelyn 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 Evelyn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evelyn:
- Henderson County (The home county of Evelyn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Chandler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brownsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moore Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Leagueville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Coffee City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Murchison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- LaRue
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poynor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eustace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Frankston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fosterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Brushy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Pert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pert is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pert
- Elmwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Todd City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Bois d'Arc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Springfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Elmtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elmtown is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmtown
- Neches
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Bullard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Cuney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Mount Selman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Reese
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Mixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Troup
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gould
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackjack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Noonday
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Carroll
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Dogwood City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Gresham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Lee Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Flint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hideaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Swan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Teaselville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Lindale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Edom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Tundra
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Saline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Mineola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hawkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Golden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hainesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evelyn, see our County-by-County Page for Evelyn.
Cemeteries Near Evelyn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evelyn.
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 Evelyn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evelyn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Old Rock Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Norwegian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echols Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols Cemetery
- The Echols Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jennings Mtn. Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galilee Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sevenleague Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (240 more) ...
- Dean Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wood / Verner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leagueville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Evelyn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evelyn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evelyn, with the one closest to Evelyn listed first.
- Chandler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brownsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Sylvan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sylvan
- Carroll
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- New York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New York is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Fincastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fincastle is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Flint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Swan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Ben Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Murchison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lindale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Garden Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evelyn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evelyn.
Newspapers Published in Evelyn ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evelyn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evelyn, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evelyn.
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 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 Evelyn:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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> | 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 Evelyn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Evelyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |