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 Holly 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 Holly 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 Holly 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Holly Springs: Holly Spgs. (or less commonly used: Holly Spngs. or Holly Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Holly Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holly 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 ...
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Holly Springs is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Holly Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly Springs:
- Nacogdoches County (The home county of Holly Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Appleby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Garrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Trawick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Nacogdoches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Cushing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Looneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Alazan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- River Crest Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
- Platt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Platt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
- Moffitt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Davisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Davisville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- Redland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland
- Ewing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ewing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Thomas Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Alco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alco is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Cedar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Clawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Durant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Pollok
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Reklaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Ponta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Dotson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Long Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Buncome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buncome is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
- Gary City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Murvaul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Murvaul is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
- Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woods is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Delray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Mount Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Oak Flats
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Minden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brachfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Laneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- New Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Augustine County
- Denning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Timpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Short
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Tenaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Africa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Choice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Choice is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holly Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Holly Springs.
Cemeteries Near Holly Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly 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 Holly Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holly Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Strickland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Galilee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nalls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old North Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old North Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Nacogdoches.
- The Old North Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #282377 <3>
- Old North Church Afro-American Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Prospect Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Mount Enterprise.
- The Old Prospect Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Prospect Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159989 <3>
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Helpenstell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Holly Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holly Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holly Springs, with the one closest to Holly Springs listed first.
- Appleby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Garrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Linn Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Nacogdoches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Lawsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Melrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Timpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Looneyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Huber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Huber is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holly Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holly Springs.
Newspapers Published in Holly 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 Holly Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly Springs, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holly Springs.
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 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 Holly Springs:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nacogdoches County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Panola County
- Rusk County
- San Augustine County
- Shelby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Springs) 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 Holly Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |