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 Maple (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 Maple. 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 doctors 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.
Maple 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 Maple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple:
- Red River County (The home county of Maple)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Cuthand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Boxelder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Sherry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Annona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bogata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- English
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Bagwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Halesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
- Detroit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Dalby Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bassett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Simms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Harvard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Rocky Mound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Hagansport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Sulphur Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saltillo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nelta is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelta
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Deport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cunningham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pattonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Clardy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clardy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
- Blossom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Town
- Sun Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sylvan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Biardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biardstown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biardstown
- Pin Hook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Omaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Naples
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Cason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Talco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cookville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Miller's Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple, see our County-by-County Page for Maple.
Cemeteries Near Maple ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple.
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 Maple - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuthand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cuthand Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cuthand.
- The Cuthand Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garvinsville Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968428 <2>
- Belcher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deshiell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fogelman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brewster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Savannah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harris Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Wooten Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dodd Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Maple in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maple.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Cuthand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Wilkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wilkinson is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Annona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosalie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rosalie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Bogata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lydia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- English
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Madras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Madras is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
- Green Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Argo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Argo is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Fulbright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hagansport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hagansport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
- Bagwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Halesboro is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halesboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple.
Newspapers Published in Maple ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maple.
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 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 Maple:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Franklin County
- Hopkins County
- Lamar County
- Morris County
- Titus 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> | 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 Maple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |