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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 Nat (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 Nat. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Nat is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.

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

  • Nacogdoches County     (The home county of Nat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nat, with the one closest to Nat listed first.
    • Looneyville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Douglass
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cushing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cushing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
      • Cushing is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cushing <1>
    • Trawick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trawick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
      • Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Trawick
      • From Nat to Trawick
    • Dextra
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dextra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
      • Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dextra
      • From Nat to Dextra
    • Redfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sacul
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sacul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacul
      • Sacul is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sacul <1>
    • Alazan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Nacogdoches
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fitze
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fitze. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
      • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fitze
      • From Nat to Fitze
    • Whispering Pines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nat, with the one closest to Nat listed first.
    • Pollok
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Central
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Central is located in Angelina County
    • Durant
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
      • Durant is located in Angelina County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durant
      • From Nat to Durant
    • Clawson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clawson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
      • Clawson is located in Angelina County
    • Redtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • River Crest Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Davisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
      • Davisville is located in Angelina County
    • Redland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Keltys
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keltys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
      • Keltys is located in Angelina County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keltys
      • From Nat to Keltys
    • Moffitt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moffitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
      • Moffitt is located in Angelina County
    • Platt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nat, with the one closest to Nat listed first.
    • Reklaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Alto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Wells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <1>
    • Forest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Birmingham ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ponta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rusk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Weeping Mary
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gallatin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gallatin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
      • Gallatin is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallatin <1>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gallatin
      • From Nat to Gallatin
    • New Summerfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Summerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Summerfield
      • New Summerfield is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Summerfield <1>
    • Turney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dialville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nat, with the one closest to Nat listed first.
    • Bluff City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
      • Bluff City is located in Houston County
    • Weches
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weches. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
      • Weches is located in Houston County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Weches
      • From Nat to Weches
    • Ratcliff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tadmor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hagerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hagerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
      • Hagerville is located in Houston County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hagerville
      • From Nat to Hagerville
  • Panola County
  • Rusk County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nat, with the one closest to Nat listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Timpson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timpson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpson
      • Timpson is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timpson <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Nat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nat.

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

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

  • Brewer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Redland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brouten Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brouten Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brouten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stonewall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stonewall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • King Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hayter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blackjack Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackjack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hall Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Owens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (242 more) ...
    • Stone Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Linn Flat Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linn Flat Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linn Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fenton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fenton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fenton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<4>

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

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

  • Looneyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Douglass
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Linn Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linn Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
    • Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Redfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Linwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Linwood is located in Cherokee County
  • Nacogdoches
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Appleby
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Glenfawn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenfawn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfawn
    • Glenfawn is located in Rusk County
  • Alto
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Wells
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Wells is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <1>
  • Mount Enterprise
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Nat ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nat, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nat.

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 Nat:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nat. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nacogdoches County: www.co.nacogdoches.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 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.
<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>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 Nat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Nat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7138, Longitude: -94.8274    









 

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