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 Rattlesnake Bead (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 Rattlesnake Bead. 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 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 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.
Rattlesnake Bead is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Polk & Tyler.
Below are the counties that are near Rattlesnake Bead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rattlesnake Bead:
- Hardin County (The home county of Rattlesnake Bead)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Saratoga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Batson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sour Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bragg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bragg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
- Thicket
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grayburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
- Pinewood Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
- Votaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kountze
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Village Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lumberton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Loeb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Loeb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Hankamer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Turtle Bayou
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
- Wallisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Old River - Winfree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old River - Winfree is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old River - Winfree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
- Jasper County
- Evadale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Nome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bevil Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
- China
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Voth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Amelia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Beaumont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Hull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daisetta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mariam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mariam is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariam
- Hardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodson is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
- Coushatta Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coushatta Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coushatta Village
- Devers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Raywood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fuqua ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fuqua is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuqua
- Ames
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ames is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
- Dayton Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton Lakes is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Rye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orange County
- Pine Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Oak Shade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oak Shade is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
- Ace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dallardsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schwab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schwab City is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Warren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hillister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
- Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
- Ivanhoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rattlesnake Bead, see our County-by-County Page for Rattlesnake Bead.
Cemeteries Near Rattlesnake Bead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rattlesnake Bead.
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 Rattlesnake Bead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rattlesnake Bead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Middle Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guedry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Felps Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grayburg Black Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moss Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Dale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brackin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sutton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Kountze.
- The Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Memorial Garden
- Old Hardin Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hardin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Hardin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Kountze.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1346999 <2>
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Old Hardin Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pivoto Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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>
While we didn't find Rattlesnake Bead in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rattlesnake Bead.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rattlesnake Bead, with the one closest to Rattlesnake Bead listed first.
- Saratoga
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sour Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Felicia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Felicia is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
- Nona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nona is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
- Kountze
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ames
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ames is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
- China
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Village Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Amelia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Rosedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Hyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hyatt is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moss Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moss Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rattlesnake Bead. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rattlesnake Bead.
Newspapers Published in Rattlesnake Bead ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rattlesnake Bead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rattlesnake Bead, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rattlesnake Bead.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Rattlesnake Bead:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Liberty County
- Orange County
- Polk County
- Tyler 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rattlesnake Bead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rattlesnake Bead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |