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 Marietta (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 Marietta. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Marietta is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Miller (AR), Caddo (LA), Bowie, Marion & Morris.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Marietta. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marietta:
- Cass County (The home county of Marietta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Bryans Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Douglassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Hughes Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avinger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Queen City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bivins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Kildare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Domino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Bassett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Carbondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Simms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dalby Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Boston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Redwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Boston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- De Kalb
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hooks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Victory City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Harvard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mound
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Pine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Sarber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sarber is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Naples
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Omaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Daingerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Cason
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Boxelder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Avery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Titus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Cookville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Green Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Coffeeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- LaFayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Ore City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ewell is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marietta, see our County-by-County Page for Marietta.
Cemeteries Near Marietta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marietta.
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 Marietta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marietta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Creekmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekmore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Creekmore Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Naples.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3109 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dennis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barber Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Morning Star Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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, Marietta had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Marietta had a population of 129 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marietta, with the one closest to Marietta listed first.
- Cusseta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cusseta is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta
- Bryans Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Almira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Almira is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Bassett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Rocky Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Red Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Douglassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sardis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sardis is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Omaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Simms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hughes Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- O'Farrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- O'Farrell is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Farrell
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Corley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Daingerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marietta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marietta.
Newspapers Published in Marietta ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marietta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marietta, 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 Marietta.
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 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 Marietta:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Marion County
- Morris County
- Red River County
- Titus 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marietta) 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 Marietta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |