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 Hudson Chapel (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 Hudson Chapel. 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 hospitals and 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.
Hudson Chapel is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Anderson, Angelina, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Hudson Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hudson Chapel:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Hudson Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dialville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Weeping Mary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Maydelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ponta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Turney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Reklaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Summerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- Herring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Jarvis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Alderbranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Slocum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Crystal Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Kossuth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Neches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Todd City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Deanwright
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deanwright is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
- Salmon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Wells Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Elkhart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- Pollok
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Central
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Henderson County
- Berryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Weches
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Tadmor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Refuge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Belott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Harrison Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Ratcliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kennard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grapeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Fog Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Hagerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Latexo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- Dextra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Sacul
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Douglass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Looneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Cushing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Alazan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Trawick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Redfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Nacogdoches
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- New Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Big Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Laneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Oak Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Mount Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hudson Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Hudson Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Hudson Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hudson Chapel.
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 Hudson Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hudson Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mosley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weems Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Box Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- Hogg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Prison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Hudson Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hudson Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hudson Chapel, with the one closest to Hudson Chapel listed first.
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Weches
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Douglass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Looneyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- New Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Alderbranch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Tadmor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Wells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hudson Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hudson Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Hudson Chapel ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hudson Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hudson Chapel, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hudson Chapel.
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 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 Hudson Chapel:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Henderson County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Rusk 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> | 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 Hudson Chapel, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hudson Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |