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 Linwood (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 Linwood. 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.
Linwood is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Anderson, Angelina, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Linwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linwood:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Linwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Alto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Weeping Mary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Reklaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ponta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Gallatin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dialville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Maydelle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- New Summerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Herring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Alderbranch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Jarvis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Slocum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Crystal Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Kossuth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Salmon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Pollok
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Durant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Clawson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Redland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Redland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland
- Woodlawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Cedar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Davisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Davisville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- Keltys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- River Crest Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Weches
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Tadmor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Ratcliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hagerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Harrison Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Fog Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Belott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Kennard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Refuge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Hickory Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Douglass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Dextra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Looneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Sacul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cushing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alazan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Trawick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Nacogdoches
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Appleby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- New Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Sulphur Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Laneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Mount Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Minden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Centralia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linwood, see our County-by-County Page for Linwood.
Cemeteries Near Linwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linwood.
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 Linwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Selman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Palestine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cummings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Berryman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- King Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Community Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Community Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Alto.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198119 <2>
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Bradford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- Hester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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, Linwood had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linwood, with the one closest to Linwood listed first.
- Alto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Douglass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Looneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weches
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Pollok
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Glenfawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfawn is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfawn
- Tadmor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- New Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Ratcliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linwood.
Newspapers Published in Linwood ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linwood, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linwood.
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 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 Linwood:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Rusk County
- Trinity 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> | 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> | 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- Linwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Linwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |