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 Gum Springs (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 Gum Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Gum Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gum Springs: Gum Spgs. (or less commonly used: Gum Spngs. or Gum Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Gum Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gum Springs.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast 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 south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Gum Springs is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Miller (AR), Caddo (LA), Bowie, Marion & Morris.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Gum Springs. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gum Springs:
- Cass County (The home county of Gum Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Red Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Douglassville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bryans Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Linden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Atlanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Queen City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bivins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Kildare
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Domino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Huffins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffins is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
- Bloomburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Maud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carbondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Redwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Simms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Sulphur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- New Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Victory City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Wake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dalby Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Camp County
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Lodi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sarber
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sarber is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber
- Kellyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Naples
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
- Rocky Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Daingerfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Omaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jenkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lone Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Titus County
- Cookville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Capps City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
- Doddridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Texarkana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fouke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Roberts is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Genoa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Rondo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rondo is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Caddo Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Zylks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zylks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
- Rodessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Level ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Ida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Vivian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gum Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Gum Springs.
Cemeteries Near Gum Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gum Springs.
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 Gum Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gum Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Rutland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lambert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echols Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Old Union Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Gum Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gum Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gum Springs, with the one closest to Gum Springs listed first.
- Red Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- O'Farrell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- O'Farrell is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Farrell
- Douglassville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Almira
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Almira is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Cusseta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cusseta is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta
- Linden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bryans Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Atlanta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bivins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lanark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lanark is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Corley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Sardis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Lanier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lanier is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gum Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gum Springs.
Newspapers Published in Gum Springs ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gum Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gum Springs, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gum Springs.
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 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 Gum Springs:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Marion County
- Morris County
- Titus County
- Miller County
- Caddo Parish
- 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> | 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 Gum Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gum Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |