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 Pennington (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 Pennington. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Pennington is located in Trinity 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 Trinity County: Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Pennington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pennington:
- Trinity County (The home county of Pennington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Friday
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Lacy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Groveton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Helmic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Apple Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sumpter is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Woodlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlake is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
- Chita
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chita is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Mill Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Town is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Mound City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Salmon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Blix
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Redtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Granville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Diboll
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peavy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Rutland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rutland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Burke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Pollok
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Shady Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Wells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weeping Mary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fog Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Hickory Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hagerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Lovelady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harrison Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Belott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Antioch ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Skinner Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Skinner Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town
- Onalaska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Corrigan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bold Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bold Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Jacinto County
- Point Blank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Kittrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kittrell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pennington, see our County-by-County Page for Pennington.
Cemeteries Near Pennington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pennington.
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 Pennington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pennington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Pennington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fodice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Possum Walk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ellis Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creasy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boontown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north of Groveton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5317 <3>
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Ivie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivie Cemetery
- The Ivie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ivy Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pennington had a population of 372 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pennington, with the one closest to Pennington listed first.
- Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Saron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saron is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
- Groveton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lovelady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Josserand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Josserand is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josserand
- Hagerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Apple Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Antioch ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carmona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmona is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pennington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pennington.
Newspapers Published in Pennington ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pennington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pennington, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pennington.
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 Pennington:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Trinity County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Houston County
- Polk County
- San Jacinto County
- Walker 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pennington) 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 Pennington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |