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 Lone Star (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 Lone Star. 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 hospitals 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.
Lone Star is located in Titus 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 Titus County: Camp, Franklin, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Lone Star. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lone Star:
- Titus County (The home county of Lone Star)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Cookville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Winfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Miller's Cove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Talco
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Dalby Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Simms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Boston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Maud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Harvard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Leesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bryans Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Hughes Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Douglassville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Avinger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hagansport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Purley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Scroggins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Saltillo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Naples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
- Rocky Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Cason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daingerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lone Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Boxelder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Cuthand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Avery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Annona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sherry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- English
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Bogata
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- LaFayette
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Ewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ewell is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Piney Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Coffeeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Simpsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Bettie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bettie is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Ore City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lone Star, see our County-by-County Page for Lone Star.
Cemeteries Near Lone Star ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Star.
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 Lone Star - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lone Star covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roundtree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nevills Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Vissering Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wheatville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatville Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Naples.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7579 <2>
- Justiss 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>
While we didn't find Lone Star in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lone Star.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Cookville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Argo is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Wilkinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinson is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Rocky Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Dalby Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Cason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daingerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lydia is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 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 Lone Star. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Star.
Newspapers Published in Lone Star ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Star.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Star, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Star.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lone Star:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Titus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Cass County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Morris County
- Red River 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> | 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 '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- Lone Star) 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 Lone Star, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |