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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 Poe (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 Poe. 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 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.

Poe is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.

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

  • Nacogdoches County     (The home county of Poe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
    • Woden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nacogdoches
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Etoile
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Swift
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Alazan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
      • Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Chireno
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Redfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
      • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Attoyac
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Appleby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Martinsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
      • Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
    • Platt
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
    • River Crest Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
      • River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
    • Moffitt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moffitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
      • Moffitt is located in Angelina County
    • Alco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
      • Alco is located in Angelina County
    • Dunagan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunagan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
      • Dunagan is located in Angelina County
    • Thomas Crossing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
      • Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
    • Davisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville
      • Davisville is located in Angelina County
    • Redland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland
      • Redland is located in Angelina County
    • Herty
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herty
      • Herty is located in Angelina County
    • Rocky Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
      • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Cedar Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Keltys
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keltys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
      • Keltys is located in Angelina County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
    • Wells
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <1>
    • Forest
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Alto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
      • Alto is located in Cherokee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,239 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <1>
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
    • Denning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • Broaddus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • White City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • San Augustine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Shelby County
    • Arcadia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poe, with the one closest to Poe listed first.
    • Apple Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Springs
      • Apple Springs is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Springs <1>
    • Centralia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Centralia is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centralia <1>
    • Helmic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
      • Helmic is located in Trinity County

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

Newspapers Published in Poe ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poe, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poe.

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 Poe:

Cemeteries Near Poe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poe.

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

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

  • Berry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • King Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
  • King Moore Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Moore Cemetery
  • Jacob Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacob Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacob Chapel Cemetery
  • Fellowview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fellowview Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fellowview Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Nacogdoches and Woden.  The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the northwest of Woden.
    • The Fellowview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fellowship Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fellowview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3567 <5>
  • Christian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rocky Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Hill Cemetery
  • Procella Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Procella Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Procella Cemetery
  • Traweek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Traweek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Traweek Cemetery
  • Naren Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naren Cemetery
  • Rocky Springs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Springs Cemetery
  • Continue List   (200 more) ...
    • McClure Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McClure Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClure Cemetery
    • Baron Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baron Cemetery
    • Arriola / Cook Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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.<7>

While we didn't find Poe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poe.

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

  • Woden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Keltys
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keltys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
    • Keltys is located in Angelina County
  • Lufkin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <1>
  • Nacogdoches
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Melrose
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Clawson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clawson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
    • Clawson is located in Angelina County
  • Homer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Angelina County
  • Etoile
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Swift
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Redfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
    • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Chireno
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pollok
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
    • Martinsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Appleby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
      • Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people

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

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

The official website for Nacogdoches County: www.co.nacogdoches.tx.us/

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

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 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.
<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>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- Poe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4580, Longitude: -94.6052       In this case, the coordinates for Poe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Nacogdoches and Woden. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>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 Poe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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