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 Moore Station (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 Moore Station. 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.
Name Variations for Moore Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Moore Station: Moore Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Moore Station is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Anderson, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, Smith & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Moore Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moore Station:
- Henderson County (The home county of Moore Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Leagueville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Coffee City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Brownsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poynor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- LaRue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Murchison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cross Roads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Malakoff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Frankston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Brushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Pert
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pert is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pert
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Elmwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Todd City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Bois d'Arc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Elmtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elmtown is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmtown
- Neches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Cherokee Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Cuney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bullard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reese
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Mount Selman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Mixon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Troup
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blackjack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Turney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Dogwood City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Noonday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Teaselville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Lee Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Flint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gresham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Tyler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Swan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Hideaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Lindale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Edom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ben Wheeler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Van
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Tundra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moore Station, see our County-by-County Page for Moore Station.
Cemeteries Near Moore Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moore Station.
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 Moore Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moore Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New York Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leagueville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Echols Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols Cemetery
- The Echols Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jennings Mtn. Cemetery
- Brownsboro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poynor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynor Cemetery
- The Poynor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poynor Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6148 <2>
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Rock Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Norwegian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alligator Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Loftin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftin Cemetery
- The Loftin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old White Settlement Cemetery
- Teaselville Cemetery
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 Moore Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moore Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moore Station, with the one closest to Moore Station listed first.
- Fincastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fincastle is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- New York
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New York is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Brownsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Berryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Chandler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Flint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Murchison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Edom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bullard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moore Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moore Station.
Newspapers Published in Moore Station ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moore Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moore Station, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moore Station.
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 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 Moore Station:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt 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 Moore Station, 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- Moore Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |