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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 Ironosa (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 Ironosa. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Ironosa is located in San Augustine 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 San Augustine County: Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine & Shelby.

Below are the counties that are near Ironosa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ironosa:

  • San Augustine County     (The home county of Ironosa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Denning
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
    • San Augustine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Maxey Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
    • Rebecca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
    • Broaddus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • White City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Ewing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ewing is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Thomas Crossing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
    • Ora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Platt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
    • Alco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alco is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • River Crest Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
    • Dunagan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dunagan is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
    • Moffitt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Moffitt is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
    • Boynton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
    • Oak Flat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
    • Rocky Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Huntington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Attoyac
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
    • Chireno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Swift
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Woden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Whispering Pines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Etoile
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fitze
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
    • Garrison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Appleby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Nacogdoches
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Redfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Panola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Woods is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Gary City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Caledonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Caledonia is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Concord
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Concord is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Rosevine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
    • Geneva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Milam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hemphill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pineland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ironosa, with the one closest to Ironosa listed first.
    • Choice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
    • Short
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Short is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Arcadia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Africa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Shelbyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Campti
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Campti is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
    • Tenaha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Timpson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Huxley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Joaquin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Haslam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Haslam is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
  • De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Logansport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Ironosa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ironosa.

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

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

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

  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Greer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • McCadley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nicholson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lucas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Clay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Borders Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (263 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ironosa had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Denning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Short
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Short is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
  • San Augustine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Chireno
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Martinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Melrose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Macune
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
  • Shelbyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Swift
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Huber
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Huber is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
  • Patroon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Patroon is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patroon
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Woden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Etoile
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sexton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Sexton is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton

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

Newspapers Published in Ironosa ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ironosa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ironosa, 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 Ironosa.

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 Ironosa:

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' (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- Ironosa) 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 Ironosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.