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 Reeds Settlement (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 Reeds Settlement. 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.
Name Variations for Reeds Settlement ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Reeds Settlement, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reeds Settlement may originally have been Reed's Settlement.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Reeds Settlement might be written as Reed Settlement.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Reeds Settlement is located in Red River 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 Red River County: Choctaw (OK), McCurtain (OK), Bowie, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris & Titus.
Below are the counties that are near Reeds Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reeds Settlement:
- Red River County (The home county of Reeds Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Acworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- English
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Annona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Avery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bagwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boxelder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Sherry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
- Addielou
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Addielou is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielou
- Bowie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dalby Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalby Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby Springs
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Pin Hook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pin Hook is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Deport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Novice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Novice is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novice
- Pattonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sylvan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sylvan is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Titus County
- Talco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Cerrogordo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cerrogordo is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Foreman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Choctaw County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Frogville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frogville is located in Choctaw County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogville
- Swink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Towson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCurtain County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Idabel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <2>
- Garvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Haworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Holly Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
- Golden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valliant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wright City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Broken Bow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Slim is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim
- Eagletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reeds Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Reeds Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Reeds Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeds Settlement.
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 Reeds Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reeds Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Haywood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Free Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bachman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitemans Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Warthan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Henrietta Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henrietta Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Avery.
- The Henrietta Cemetery has also been known as:
- Warren Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305338 <4>
- Stone Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (121 more) ...
- Fairgrounds Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Reeds Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reeds Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reeds Settlement, with the one closest to Reeds Settlement listed first.
- Madras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madras is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
- English
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Annona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Bagwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Oak Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Cuthand
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Detroit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lydia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Fulbright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulbright is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rosalie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosalie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
- Kanawha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kanawha is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reeds Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reeds Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Reeds Settlement ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reeds Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeds Settlement, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeds Settlement.
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 Reeds Settlement:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Red River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bowie County
- Lamar County
- Titus County
- Little River County
- Choctaw County
- McCurtain County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Reeds Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Reeds Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |