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 Lee Spring (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 Lee Spring. 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 Lee Spring ...
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 Lee Spring: Lee Spg. (or less commonly used: Lee Spng. or Lee Sprng.)
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Lee Spring is located in Smith 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 Smith County: Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Upshur, Van Zandt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Lee Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lee Spring:
- Smith County (The home county of Lee Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Flint
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gresham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Noonday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Teaselville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Dogwood City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Whitehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Omen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Swan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Sinclair City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Lindale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Arp
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Frankston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fosterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Todd City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Brushy Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Pert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pert is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pert
- Neches
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Elmtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmtown is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmtown
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Bois d'Arc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Wells Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Bullard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Mount Selman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Cuney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Reese
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Troup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gould
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blackjack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Henrys Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Griffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Gregg County
- Liberty City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Coffee City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Moore Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Poynor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leagueville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- LaRue
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Murchison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Overton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Selman City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turnertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turnertown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnertown
- Price
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Big Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- New London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sexton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Friars
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- Joinerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Laird Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jacobs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jacobs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Pirtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- New Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Upshur County
- Big Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Edom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Wheeler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Van
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Wood County
- Hawkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lee Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Lee Spring.
Cemeteries Near Lee Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lee Spring.
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 Lee Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lee Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Flint Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Noonday Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rather Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery (African-American)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn Memorial Park
- The Rose Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Rose Lawn Perpetual Care Cemetery
- Loftin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftin Cemetery
- The Loftin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old White Settlement Cemetery
- Teaselville Cemetery
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope (Southwest) Cemetery (African-American)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- The Barron Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barron / Shackleford Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery (African-American)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Sevenleague Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bullard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside of Bullard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #708705 <3>
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Lee Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lee Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lee Spring, with the one closest to Lee Spring listed first.
- Flint
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bullard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Mount Selman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Fincastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Mixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Troup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Omen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Swan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brownsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New York is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Mount Sylvan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sylvan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lee Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lee Spring.
Newspapers Published in Lee Spring ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lee Spring, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lee Spring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Lee Spring:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Smith County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Gregg County
- Henderson County
- Rusk County
- Upshur County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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- Lee Spring) 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 Lee Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |