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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 McElroy (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 McElroy. 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 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

McElroy is located in Sabine 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 Sabine County: Sabine (LA), Jasper, Newton, San Augustine & Shelby.

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

  • Sabine County     (The home county of McElroy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Pineland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Brookeland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bronson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mason
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mason is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Hemphill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairmount
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Rosevine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
    • Milam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Parker Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
    • Boynton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
    • Zavalla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Martin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Martin is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Dolan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Dolan is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
    • Nancy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Nancy is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
    • Ora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Browndell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Sam Rayburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Harveytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
    • Jasper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Beech Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Chireno
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Etoile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Wiergate
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Toledo Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
    • Burkeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Shanklerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Toledo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Newton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Powell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • White City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Rebecca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Broaddus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maxey Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
    • San Augustine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Denning
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Tyler County
    • Town Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
    • Rock ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rock is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Toro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
    • Negreet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near McElroy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McElroy.

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 McElroy - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Brookeland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Remlig Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hines Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodwill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jacks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lakey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (267 more) ...
    • Spring Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Berryman Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • McElroy Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Brookeland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hemphill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairmount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Zana is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
  • Macune
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
  • Farrsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Farrsville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
  • Milam
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Geneva
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • San Augustine
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Burkeville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Beech Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
    • Toledo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Sexton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sexton is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton

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

Newspapers Published in McElroy ...

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 McElroy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McElroy, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McElroy.

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 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 McElroy:

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>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 McElroy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- McElroy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.