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 Pruett (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 Pruett. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Pruett is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Miller (AR), Caddo (LA), Bowie, Marion & Morris.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Pruett. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pruett:
- Cass County (The home county of Pruett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Kildare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Avinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bivins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huffins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huffins is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- McLeod
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hughes Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atlanta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Douglassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Queen City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Carbondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Maud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Camp County
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Pope City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pope City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
- Baldwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Karnack
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Uncertain
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nesbitt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Noonday
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Noonday is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Hallsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sarber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sarber is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber
- Kellyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Macedonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Lone Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jenkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Daingerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Cason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Omaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Ore City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coffeeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Diana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- James
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- James is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Graceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graceton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- LaFayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- LaFayette is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Capps City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
- Doddridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caddo Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rodessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vivian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zylks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zylks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
- Frog Level ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Black Bayou ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Hosston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Mooringsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pruett, see our County-by-County Page for Pruett.
Cemeteries Near Pruett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pruett.
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 Pruett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pruett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lockett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lanier Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- The Prospect Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Prospect Cemetery
- Old Foundry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valley Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rand Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pyland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Pruett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pruett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pruett, with the one closest to Pruett listed first.
- Lanier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lanier is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanier
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kildare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kellyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Linden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orrs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orrs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Avinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Smithland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithland is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Bivins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Huffins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huffins is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Almira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Almira is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Red Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pruett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pruett.
Newspapers Published in Pruett ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pruett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pruett, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pruett.
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 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 Pruett:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Camp County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Morris County
- Upshur County
- Miller County
- Caddo Parish
- 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pruett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Pruett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |