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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 Hartburg (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 Hartburg. 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 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 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 south 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.

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

  • Newton County     (The home county of Hartburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Deweyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Call
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bleakwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
  • Hardin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Loeb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
    • Rose Hill Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
    • Silsbee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lumberton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Bunker Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
    • Buna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Evadale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Call Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
    • Kirbyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Central Gardens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Central Gardens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gardens
    • Groves
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Groves is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,268 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groves <1>
    • Higgins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Higgins is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
    • Port Neches
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Nederland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaumont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Voth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Port Arthur
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Amelia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Port Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Lemonville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lemonville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
    • Mauriceville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Texla
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Texla is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
    • Pinehurst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pinehurst is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
    • Orange
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • West Orange
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Orangefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Terry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Terry is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
    • Bridge City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Vidor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vidor is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <1>
    • Pine Forest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Pine Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Pine Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Beauregard Parish (LA)
    • Helme
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Helme is located in Beauregard Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
  • Calcasieu Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartburg, with the one closest to Hartburg listed first.
    • Starks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
    • Edgerly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
    • Carlyss
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
    • Dequincy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Dequincy is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dequincy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,009 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dequincy <1>
    • Sulphur
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Sulphur is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur <1>
    • Prien
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
    • Westlake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,873 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hartburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartburg.

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

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

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

  • Wilkinson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Doyle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Granger Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fountain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurel Sudduth Bluff Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Benevolent Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Linscomb Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jett Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Echo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Echo is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Orange
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Vinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
  • Tulane
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Tulane is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
  • Terry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Terry is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Edgerly
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
  • Rosedale
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Beaumont
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Amelia
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
  • Westlake
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Hartburg ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartburg, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartburg.

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 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 Hartburg:

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 Hartburg, 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- Hartburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.