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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 Neuville (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 Neuville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Neuville is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: De Soto (LA), Sabine (LA), Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine & San Augustine.

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

  • Shelby County     (The home county of Neuville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Choice
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
    • Short
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Short is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Africa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Shelbyville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Campti
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Campti is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
    • Arcadia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Huxley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Tenaha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Joaquin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Haslam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Haslam is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
    • Timpson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Angelina County
    • Ewing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ewing is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Attoyac
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
    • Martinsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Chireno
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Swift
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Garrison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Whispering Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Fitze
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
    • Woden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Etoile
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Appleby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Nacogdoches
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Redfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Panola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Woods
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Woods is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Gary City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Buncome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Buncome is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
    • Murvaul
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Murvaul is located in Panola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
  • Rusk County
    • Caledonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Caledonia is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Geneva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosevine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
    • Bronson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Milam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hemphill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • San Augustine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Denning
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
    • Maxey Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
    • Rebecca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
    • Broaddus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • White City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
  • De Soto Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Logansport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neuville, with the one closest to Neuville listed first.
    • Converse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Noble
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Noble is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <1>
    • Zwolle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Zwolle is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwolle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zwolle <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Neuville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neuville.

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

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

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

  • Old Buckner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Neuvine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Neuville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sinclair Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Borders Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Whitton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Creech Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Biggers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (249 more) ...
    • Nicholson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • McCadley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • McWilliams Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<4>

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

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

  • Short
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Short is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
  • Shelbyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ironosa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
  • Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • San Augustine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Patroon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Patroon is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patroon
  • Denning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Huber
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Huber is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
  • Sexton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sexton is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
  • Martinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Chireno
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Macune
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East Hamilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • East Hamilton is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Tenaha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Geneva
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Neuville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neuville.

Newspapers Published in Neuville ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neuville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neuville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neuville.

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 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 Neuville:

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