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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 Lakeview Assembly (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 Lakeview Assembly. 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 Lakeview Assembly ...

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.

Another variation: Lake View Assembly.

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Cherokee, Freestone, Henderson, Houston & Leon.

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

  • Anderson County     (The home county of Lakeview Assembly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Assembly, with the one closest to Lakeview Assembly listed first.
    • Tucker
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tucker is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Cronin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cronin is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
    • Long Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Elkhart
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Palestine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deanwright
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deanwright is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
    • Harmony
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Crystal Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Kossuth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kossuth is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
    • Wells Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
    • Salmon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Salmon is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
    • Alderbranch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
    • Slocum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Slocum is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Assembly, with the one closest to Lakeview Assembly listed first.
    • Maydelle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dialville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dialville is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
    • Reese
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Reese is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Assembly, with the one closest to Lakeview Assembly listed first.
    • Oakwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Butler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Butler is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Red Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
    • Turlington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Lanely
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
    • Dew
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Henderson County
    • Poynor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Assembly, with the one closest to Lakeview Assembly listed first.
    • Grapeland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
    • Refuge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Refuge is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
    • Latexo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Belott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belott is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
    • Crockett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Weches
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Weches is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
    • Hickory Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
    • Cooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Assembly, with the one closest to Lakeview Assembly listed first.
    • Russell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Buffalo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview

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

Cemeteries Near Lakeview Assembly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview Assembly.

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 Lakeview Assembly - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

While we didn't find Lakeview Assembly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakeview Assembly.

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

  • Tucker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tucker is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
  • Cronin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cronin is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
  • Long Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Elkhart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Palestine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wells Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
  • Alderbranch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
  • Butler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Butler is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Montalba
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tennessee Colony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Grapeland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Keechi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Keechi is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keechi
    • Neches
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Russell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell

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

Newspapers Published in Lakeview Assembly ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview Assembly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview Assembly, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview Assembly.

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 Lakeview Assembly:

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>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.
<3>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 Lakeview Assembly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Lakeview Assembly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.