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 Old Boston (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 Old Boston. 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 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.
Old Boston is located in Bowie 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 Bowie County: Little River (AR), Miller (AR), McCurtain (OK), Cass, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Old Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Boston:
- Bowie County (The home county of Old Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Boston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- New Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Maud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Simms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Victory City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Redbank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dalby Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Bryans Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Douglassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Domino
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Springdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Queen City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bivins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hughes Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Naples
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <1>
- Omaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Avery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boxelder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- English
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Titus County
- Cookville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Foreman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ogden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Ashdown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashdown is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <1>
- Alleene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Wilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <1>
- Winthrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Texarkana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rondo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rondo is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Boston, see our County-by-County Page for Old Boston.
Cemeteries Near Old Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Boston.
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 Old Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Hays Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shipp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shipp Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Boston.
- The Shipp Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCright Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297203 <3>
- McWright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rea Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Collon Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Runnels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Irby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Till Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Bayou Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bayou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Bayou Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of New Boston.
- The Red Bayou Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Bayou UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1053612 <3>
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 Old Boston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Boston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Boston, with the one closest to Old Boston listed first.
- Boston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- New Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Simms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whaley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whaley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Hooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Malta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Malta is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Bassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Bryans Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Douglassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dalby Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Cusseta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cusseta is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Boston.
Newspapers Published in Old Boston ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Boston, 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 Old Boston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Old Boston:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bowie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Morris County
- Red River County
- Titus County
- Little River County
- Miller 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Boston) 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 Old Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |