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 Pisgah (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 Pisgah. 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.
Pisgah is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Pisgah. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pisgah:
- Nacogdoches County (The home county of Pisgah)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Appleby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Swift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Martinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Nacogdoches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Trawick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Attoyac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
- Chireno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alazan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- River Crest Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
- Platt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Platt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
- Moffitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Ewing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ewing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Thomas Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
- Davisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Davisville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
- Redland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Redland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland
- Alco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alco is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Dunagan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunagan is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
- Herty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Herty is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herty
- Cedar Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Clawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reklaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Dotson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Buncome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buncome is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncome
- Gary City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Long Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Murvaul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Murvaul is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murvaul
- Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woods is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Caledonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Mount Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Oak Flats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Minden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brachfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Laneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pinehill is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
- New Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- San Augustine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Denning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- San Augustine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maxey Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Arcadia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Timpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Short
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Africa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Choice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Choice is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Tenaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Campti
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Campti is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pisgah, see our County-by-County Page for Pisgah.
Cemeteries Near Pisgah ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pisgah.
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 Pisgah - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pisgah covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Moss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Galilee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strickland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moroney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mast Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old North Church Afro-American Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old North Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old North Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Nacogdoches.
- The Old North Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #282377 <3>
- Sunset Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nalls Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 Pisgah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pisgah.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pisgah, with the one closest to Pisgah listed first.
- Appleby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Fitze
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Swift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Martinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Garrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nacogdoches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Woden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Linn Flat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Huber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huber is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Caledonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Timpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Chireno
(17 miles [27.4 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 Pisgah. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pisgah.
Newspapers Published in Pisgah ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pisgah.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pisgah, 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 Pisgah.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pisgah:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nacogdoches County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Panola County
- Rusk County
- San Augustine County
- Shelby 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' (or 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- Pisgah) 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 Pisgah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |