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 New Harmony (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 New Harmony. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
New Harmony is located in Smith 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 Smith County: Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Upshur, Van Zandt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near New Harmony. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Harmony:
- Smith County (The home county of New Harmony)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Swan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Hideaway
(5 miles [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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Garden Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Red Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lee Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Flint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Frankston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fosterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Bullard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Cuney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Mixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Mount Selman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Reese
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Troup
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gould
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Gregg County
- Liberty City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Chandler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brownsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Leagueville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Coffee City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Murchison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- LaRue
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poynor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Rusk County
- Overton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Big Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Center Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Rhonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Edom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Van
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Ben Wheeler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grand Saline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tundra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Myrtle Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Mineola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hawkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hainesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
- Golden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Quitman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Harmony, see our County-by-County Page for New Harmony.
Cemeteries Near New Harmony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Harmony.
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 New Harmony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Harmony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- New Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Sylvan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wood / Verner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaird Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Retreat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson J Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Valley Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sitton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitton Cemetery
- The Sitton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery (African-American)
- Nebo Cemetery
- Hubbard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Jacob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dean Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Tyler.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Park
- Tyler Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery
- Tyler Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7319 <2>
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 New Harmony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Harmony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Harmony, with the one closest to New Harmony listed first.
- Mount Sylvan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sylvan
- Swan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Lindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Chandler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Pruitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pruitt is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt
- Ben Wheeler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Flint
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Winona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Harmony.
Newspapers Published in New Harmony ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Harmony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Harmony, 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 New Harmony.
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 professional and volunteer 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 New Harmony:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Smith County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Gregg County
- Henderson County
- Rusk County
- Upshur County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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 New Harmony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- New Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |