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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Manning. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Manning to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Manning, please Contact Us.

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 Manning (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 Manning. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Manning is historic, it would have been located within present day Angelina County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Angelina County: Cherokee, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Polk, San Augustine, Trinity & Tyler.

Below are the counties that are near Manning. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manning:

  • Angelina County     (The home county of Manning)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Nancy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
      • Nancy is located in Angelina County
    • Zavalla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dolan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
      • Dolan is located in Angelina County
    • Beulah
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Angelina County
    • Oak Flat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
      • Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
    • Boynton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boynton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
    • Bald Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Hill
      • Bald Hill is located in Angelina County
    • Martin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Martin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Angelina County
    • Huntington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Huntington is located in Angelina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <2>
    • Ora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
    • Prairie Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Homer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Homer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Angelina County
    • Rocky Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rocky Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
      • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Harveytown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
    • Sam Rayburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Etoile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Woden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Chireno
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Attoyac
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Barnum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
      • Barnum is located in Polk County
    • Skinner Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skinner Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town
      • Skinner Town is located in Polk County
    • Barnes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
      • Barnes is located in Polk County
    • Camden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <2>
    • Corrigan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lily Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Island
      • Lily Island is located in Polk County
    • Moscow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
    • Seven Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
    • Leggett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leggett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leggett
      • Leggett is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leggett <2>
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
    • Broaddus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
      • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <2>
    • White City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
    • Powell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Apple Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Helmic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
      • Helmic is located in Trinity County
    • Centralia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Centralia is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centralia <2>
    • Woodlake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
      • Woodlake is located in Trinity County
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.
    • Peach Tree Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peach Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village
      • Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
    • Chester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Colmesneil
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Doucette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Woodville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Tyler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,442 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manning, see our County-by-County Page for Manning.

Cemeteries Near Manning ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manning.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manning covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.

  • Crain Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tom Havard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Page Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cameron Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cameron Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cameron Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cameron Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<6> to the northeast of Zavalla.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2716 <5>
  • Barge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Poland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Polano Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polano Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polano Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shawnee Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Renfro Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Renfro Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Renfro Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Diboll and Zavalla.  The cemetery lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<6> to the east of Diboll.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6312 <5>
  • Grimes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunk Havard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • William Havard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...

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.

While we didn't find Manning in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manning.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Manning, with the one closest to Manning listed first.

  • Ora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Ora is located in Angelina County
  • Rockland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Tyler County
  • Homer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Homer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Angelina County
  • Barnum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
    • Barnum is located in Polk County
  • Chester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Burke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Burke is located in Angelina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Colmesneil
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Zana is located in San Augustine County
  • Etoile
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lufkin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <2>
  • Corrigan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Keltys
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keltys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
    • Keltys is located in Angelina County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Asia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asia
      • Asia is located in Polk County
    • Hortense
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hortense have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortense
      • Hortense is located in Polk County
    • Moscow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Polk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manning. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manning.

Newspapers Published in Manning ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manning.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manning, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manning.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Manning:

The official website for Angelina County: www.angelinacounty.net/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Manning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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- Manning) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1388, Longitude: -94.5363       In this case, the coordinates for Manning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Diboll and Zavalla. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.




 

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