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 Liberty (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 Liberty. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Liberty is located in Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty:
- Red River County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Detroit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bagwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Bogata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Halesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Addielou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Addielou is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
- Cuthand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Kanawha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Annona
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Acworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Acworth is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Lake Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Enloe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hagansport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Sulphur Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Tira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tira is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Dike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Birthright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Birthright is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Deport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pattonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sylvan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Sun Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Clardy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Pin Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Novice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Novice is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
- Cunningham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reno is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
- Amherst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Taylor Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Biardstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Talco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Frogville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Towson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swink
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sawyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Valliant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Idabel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty.
Cemeteries Near Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.
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 Liberty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Detroit.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4833 <3>
- Catonville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longstreet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wrights Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shamrock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holt Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Blossom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4319 <3>
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Lone Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Shamrock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Liberty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Detroit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulbright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Bagwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bogata
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosalie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosalie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Halesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Sylvan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Minter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Minter is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter
- Jennings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jennings is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.
Newspapers Published in Liberty ...
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 Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, 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 Liberty.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Liberty:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delta County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Titus County
- Choctaw County
- McCurtain 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 '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- Liberty) 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 Liberty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |