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 Glenfawn (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 Glenfawn. 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 doctors 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.
Glenfawn is located in Rusk 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 Rusk County: Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Glenfawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenfawn:
- Rusk County (The home county of Glenfawn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Laneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Oak Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- New Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Mount Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Minden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Brachfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Price
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Joinerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Reklaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ponta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- New Summerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gallatin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blackjack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Henrys Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Gould
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Rusk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Turney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Cushing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sacul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dextra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Looneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Trawick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Nat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Douglass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Appleby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Garrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Dotson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Long Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buncome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buncome is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
- Delray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Gary City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Murvaul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Murvaul is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
- Shelby County
- Timpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Wright City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Sinclair City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Arp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Omen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Whitehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenfawn, see our County-by-County Page for Glenfawn.
Cemeteries Near Glenfawn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenfawn.
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 Glenfawn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenfawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Glenfawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jones - Seagroves Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blanton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dansby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bagley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Anadarko Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gould Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kipp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Lyles - Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fuller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Glenfawn had a population of 267 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenfawn, with the one closest to Glenfawn listed first.
- Laneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Looneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Mount Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lone Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Linn Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Minden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Henderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Douglass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Linwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Rusk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenfawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenfawn.
Newspapers Published in Glenfawn ...
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 Glenfawn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenfawn, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenfawn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Glenfawn:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Rusk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Panola County
- Shelby County
- Smith 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 Glenfawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenfawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |