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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 Pineland (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 Pineland. 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 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.

Pineland is located in Sabine 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 Sabine County: Sabine (LA), Jasper, Newton, San Augustine & Shelby.

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

  • Sabine County     (The home county of Pineland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • Brookeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeland
      • Brookeland is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeland <2>
    • Bronson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
      • Bronson is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <2>
    • Hemphill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
      • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <2>
    • Rosevine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mason
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Milam
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam
      • Milam is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milam <2>
    • Geneva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • Parker Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
    • Boynton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boynton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boynton
      • From Pineland to Boynton
    • Ora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ora
      • From Pineland to Ora
    • Zavalla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Nancy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dolan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
      • Dolan is located in Angelina County
    • Martin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Martin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Angelina County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Martin
      • From Pineland to Martin
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • Browndell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browndell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Sam Rayburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Harveytown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jasper
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Beech Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Nacogdoches County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • South Toledo Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Toledo Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
    • Wiergate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiergate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiergate
      • Wiergate is located in Newton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wiergate <2>
    • Toledo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toledo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
      • Toledo is located in Newton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Toledo
      • From Pineland to Toledo
    • Burkeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Shanklerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Newton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Newton is located in Newton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <2>
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • Powell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rebecca
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • White City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
    • Maxey Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • Broaddus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
      • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <2>
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Zana
      • From Pineland to Zana
    • San Augustine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Denning
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pineland, with the one closest to Pineland listed first.
    • Rock ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
      • Rock is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
    • Toro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Toro
      • From Pineland to Toro
    • Negreet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Pineland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pineland.

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

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

  • Goodwill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodwill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodwill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pineland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pineland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pineland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jacks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitton Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitton Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitton Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Martin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blackland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hines Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Star Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Centerview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Centerview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Centerview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McElroy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McElroy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McElroy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (268 more) ...
    • Centerview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Centerview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Centerview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lott Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lott Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Plainview Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 Pineland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pineland.

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

  • Brookeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeland
    • Brookeland is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeland <2>
  • Hemphill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <2>
  • Fairmount
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Milam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam
    • Milam is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milam <2>
  • Macune
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macune have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
  • Geneva
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Zana is located in San Augustine County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Zana
    • From Pineland to Zana
  • Farrsville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farrsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
    • Farrsville is located in Newton County
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Columbus is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
  • San Augustine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jasper
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Sexton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sexton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
    • Sexton is located in Sabine County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pineland ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pineland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pineland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pineland.

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 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 Pineland:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pineland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pineland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pineland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2484, Longitude: -93.9740    









 

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