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Introduction ...

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

We've added Mena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mena, 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 Mena (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 Mena. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 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, 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 Mena is historic, it would have been located within present day Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.

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

  • Red River County     (The home county of Mena)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • Annona
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • English
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
      • English is located in Red River County
    • Boxelder
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boxelder. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
      • Boxelder is located in Red River County
    • Avery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
      • Avery is located in Red River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avery <2>
    • Clarksville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cuthand
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cuthand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
      • Cuthand is located in Red River County
    • Sherry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
      • Sherry is located in Red River County
    • Greenwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • Greenwood is located in Red River County
    • Bagwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bogata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
      • Bogata is located in Red River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <2>
    • Liberty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Red River County
    • Silver City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Red River County
    • Detroit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Detroit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
      • Detroit is located in Red River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Detroit <2>
  • Bowie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • De Kalb
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Dalby Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
      • Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
    • Bassett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
      • Bassett is located in Bowie County
    • Simms
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Bowie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simms <2>
    • New Boston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Boston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston is located in Bowie County
  • Franklin County
    • Hagansport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagansport
      • Hagansport is located in Franklin County
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • Deport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Pin Hook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
      • Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
    • Cunningham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cunningham <2>
    • Blossom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pattonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clardy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clardy
      • Clardy is located in Lamar County
    • Sylvan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sylvan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
      • Sylvan is located in Lamar County
    • Novice
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
      • Novice is located in Lamar County
    • Sun Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
      • Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Morris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • Omaha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omaha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
      • Omaha is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 975 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <2>
    • Naples
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
      • Naples is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
      • Former name for Naples:
      • Station Belden
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <2>
  • Titus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • Talco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
      • Green Hill is located in Titus County
    • Cookville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cookville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
      • Cookville is located in Titus County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cookville <2>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Winfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
      • Winfield is located in Titus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winfield <2>
  • McCurtain County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mena, with the one closest to Mena listed first.
    • Idabel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
      • Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <2>
    • Haworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
      • Haworth is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haworth <2>
    • Garvin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garvin
      • Garvin is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garvin <2>
    • Holly Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
      • Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Millerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millerton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Millerton is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millerton <2>
    • Valliant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valliant
      • Valliant is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valliant <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Mena ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mena.

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 Mena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Garland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warthan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warthan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warthan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Savannah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Savannah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Savannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holder Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holder Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Honeycutt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honeycutt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honeycutt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nevill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nevill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nevill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitemans Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Free Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Free Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Free Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Henrietta Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henrietta Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Henrietta Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the south of Avery.
    • The Henrietta Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Warren Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305338 <6>
  • Continue List   (133 more) ...
    • Haywood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haywood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haywood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fogelman Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fogelman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fogelman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rehobeth Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehobeth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehobeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Mena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mena.

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

  • Annona
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • English
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
    • English is located in Red River County
  • Madras
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madras have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
    • Madras is located in Red River County
  • Clarksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cuthand
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cuthand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
    • Cuthand is located in Red River County
  • Lydia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lydia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
    • Lydia is located in Red River County
  • Oak Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Bowie County
  • Bagwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Rosalie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosalie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
    • Rosalie is located in Red River County
  • Wilkinson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
    • Wilkinson is located in Titus County
  • Bogata
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogata
    • Bogata is located in Red River County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogata <2>
  • De Kalb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fulbright
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fulbright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
      • Fulbright is located in Red River County
    • Albion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Red River County
    • Dalby Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
      • Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County

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

Newspapers Published in Mena ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mena.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mena, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mena.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mena:

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 Mena, 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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- Mena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5834, Longitude: -94.9169       In this case, the coordinates for Mena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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