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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Ewing during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Ewing was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Ewing (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 Ewing. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Ewing is located in Angelina 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 Angelina County: Cherokee, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Polk, San Augustine, Trinity & Tyler.

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

  • Angelina County     (The home county of Ewing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Thomas Crossing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
      • Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
    • Alco
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
      • Alco is located in Angelina County
    • Oak Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
      • Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
    • Dunagan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunagan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
      • Dunagan is located in Angelina County
    • Ora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
    • Rocky Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
      • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Platt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
    • Huntington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Huntington is located in Angelina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <3>
    • Moffitt
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moffitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
      • Moffitt is located in Angelina County
    • River Crest Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
      • River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
    • Shawnee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Shawnee is located in Angelina County
    • Homer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Angelina County
  • Cherokee County
    • Wells
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <3>
  • Jasper County
    • Harveytown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Etoile
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Woden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Chireno
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Attoyac
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Swift
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Nacogdoches
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Martinsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Alazan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
      • Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Redfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
      • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Appleby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Whispering Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
      • Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Fitze
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fitze have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
      • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Polk County
    • Skinner Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Bronson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
      • Bronson is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <3>
    • Rosevine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Broaddus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
      • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <3>
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Denning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • White City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
    • Maxey Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • San Augustine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rebecca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
    • Powell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
    • Choice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
  • Trinity County
    • Apple Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Springs
      • Apple Springs is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Springs <3>
  • Tyler County
    • Peach Tree Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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

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

Newspapers Published in Ewing ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ewing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ewing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ewing.

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 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 Ewing:

Cemeteries Near Ewing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewing.

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

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

  • Baron Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baron Cemetery
  • McClure Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McClure Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClure Cemetery
  • Rocky Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Hill Cemetery
  • Naren Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naren Cemetery
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery
  • Shofner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shofner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shofner Cemetery
  • Blue Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Spring Cemetery
  • Miley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miley Cemetery
  • Rocky Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Springs Cemetery
  • Jacob Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacob Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacob Chapel Cemetery
  • Pine Knot Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Knot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Knot Cemetery
  • Traweek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Traweek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Traweek Cemetery
  • Continue List   (218 more) ...
    • Huntington Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huntington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntington Cemetery
    • Wooten Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wooten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wooten Cemetery
    • Jonesville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jonesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jonesville Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Etoile
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Ora is located in Angelina County
  • Woden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Homer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Angelina County
  • Chireno
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Melrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Lufkin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <3>
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Keltys
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keltys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
    • Keltys is located in Angelina County
  • Denning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
    • Denning is located in San Augustine County
  • Swift
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Clawson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clawson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
    • Clawson is located in Angelina County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Nacogdoches
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Burke
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Burke is located in Angelina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
    • Macune
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
      • Macune is located in San Augustine County

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

The official website for Angelina County: www.angelinacounty.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Ewing and then turned east". While Ewing could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Ewing as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ewing could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Texas community named Ewing.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ewing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ewing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3727, Longitude: -94.4905       In this case, the coordinates for Ewing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Ewing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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