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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Liberty is located in Rusk 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 Rusk County: Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby & Smith.
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:
- Rusk County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Pinehill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- Tatum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brachfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Pirtle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Minden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jacobs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jacobs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Friars
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- Joinerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Laird Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sexton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Henrys Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Troup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Easton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elderville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Lakeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Rolling Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Kilgore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Longview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greggton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greggton is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
- Teneryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- Liberty City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Judson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hallsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lansing is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Noonday
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Noonday is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Marshall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbitt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Elysian Fields
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Garrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fitze
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Beckville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Long Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Clayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dotson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Buncome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buncome is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Murvaul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Murvaul is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
- Gary City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Midyett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Midyett is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
- Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woods is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- De Berry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Timpson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tenaha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Wright City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Arp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sinclair City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Omen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Upshur County
- Union Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
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.
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wasson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Pryor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 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.
- Fair Play
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Play is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Pinehill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- Tatum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Delray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delray is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Beckville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Long Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Henderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Easton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Elderville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elderville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Minden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pirtle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Hallsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 77 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]<3>. 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 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 Liberty:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Rusk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Gregg County
- Harrison County
- Nacogdoches County
- Panola County
- Shelby County
- Smith County
- Upshur 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 Liberty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |