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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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Friendship is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Angelina, Hardin, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine & Tyler.

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

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Friendship)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Kirbyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jasper
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Call Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
    • Beech Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
    • Sam Rayburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Browndell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Buna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Harveytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
    • Bunker Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Angelina County
    • Parker Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Bleakwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
    • Newton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Call
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bon Wier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hughes is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Shanklerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Wiergate
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Burkeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Toledo Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Brookeland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • San Augustine County
    • Powell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Town Bluff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
    • Spurger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fred
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beauregard Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Merryville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Newlin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Singer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Vernon Parish (LA)
    • Evans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Friendship ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.

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

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

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

  • Kyle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wilkinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Big Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Odom Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McLemore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Boyett Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bean Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Dunn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Herrin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Biloxi Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Davis Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cole Springs Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Friendship in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Friendship.

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

  • Bleakwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
  • Erin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Erin is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
  • Newton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Magnolia Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
  • Jasper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Belgrade
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Belgrade is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
  • Farrsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Farrsville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
  • Beech Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
  • Town Bluff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
  • Spurger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Burkeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookeland
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Fairmount
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount

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

Newspapers Published in Friendship ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendship, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendship.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Friendship:

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 Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Friendship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.