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 Reynard (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 Reynard. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Reynard is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Leon, Madison, Trinity & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Reynard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reynard:
- Houston County (The home county of Reynard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
- Latexo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Porter Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Grapeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Crockett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Austonio is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
- Refuge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Hickory Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Belott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Antioch ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lovelady
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Salmon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Elkhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Assembly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
- Cronin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Tucker
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Long Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Slocum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Alderbranch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Deanwright
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deanwright is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
- Crystal Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Kossuth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Freestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Butler is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Red Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lake is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Lanely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lanely is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
- Turlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turlington is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Centerview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerview is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jewett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Trinity County
- Pennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reynard, see our County-by-County Page for Reynard.
Cemeteries Near Reynard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reynard.
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 Reynard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reynard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Halls Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Meriwether Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Dailey Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wes Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferrell Women Graves
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Pennington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tubbs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Reynard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reynard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reynard, with the one closest to Reynard listed first.
- Porter Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Russell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Grapeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ash is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Elkhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Guys Store
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guys Store is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
- San Pedro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- San Pedro is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tucker is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Long Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Cronin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keechi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Keechi is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keechi
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Belott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reynard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reynard.
Newspapers Published in Reynard ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reynard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reynard, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reynard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Reynard:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Freestone County
- Leon County
- Madison County
- Trinity 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> | 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 Reynard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Reynard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |