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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 Farrsville (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 Farrsville. 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 Parishes/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/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 parishes/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 parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Farrsville is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Beauregard (LA), Calcasieu (LA), Sabine (LA), Vernon (LA), Jasper, Orange & Sabine.

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

  • Newton County     (The home county of Farrsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Shanklerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Wiergate
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Burkeville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Newton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • South Toledo Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
    • Toledo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Bon Wier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hughes is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Bleakwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
    • Call
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Angelina County
    • Parker Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Jasper
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Browndell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Sam Rayburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Beech Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
    • Harveytown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
    • Kirbyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Call Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Brookeland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mason
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Mason is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Pineland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hemphill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bronson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Powell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • White City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Town Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
    • Spurger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beauregard Parish (LA)
    • Merryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Rock ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Toro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
  • Vernon Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farrsville, with the one closest to Farrsville listed first.
    • Evans
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Savage Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
    • Elmwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood

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

Cemeteries Near Farrsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farrsville.

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 Farrsville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farrsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Hardy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Eddie Gatson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shanklerville Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Frisby Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mattox Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Spring Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tanner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cole Springs Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Farrsville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Burkeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Newton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jasper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Fairmount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Brookeland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Erin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Erin is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
  • Toledo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Toledo is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Beech Grove
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
  • Bleakwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
  • Magnolia Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
  • Belgrade
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Belgrade is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
  • Hemphill
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Town Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
    • Caney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Caney is located in Vernon Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
    • Toro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro

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

Newspapers Published in Farrsville ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farrsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farrsville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farrsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Farrsville:

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>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- Farrsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Farrsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.