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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 Rhonesboro (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 Rhonesboro. 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 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.

Rhonesboro is located in Upshur 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 Upshur County: Camp, Gregg, Marion, Morris, Smith & Wood.

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

  • Upshur County     (The home county of Rhonesboro)
  • Camp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rhonesboro, with the one closest to Rhonesboro listed first.
    • Pine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Leesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Mound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
      • Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
    • Pittsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
      • Center Point is located in Camp County
    • Harvard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harvard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
      • Harvard is located in Camp County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harvard
      • From Rhonesboro to Harvard
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rhonesboro, with the one closest to Rhonesboro listed first.
    • Scroggins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Winnsboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
      • Winnsboro is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <2>
    • Purley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Purley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
      • Purley is located in Franklin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Purley
      • From Rhonesboro to Purley
    • Mount Vernon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Gregg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rhonesboro, with the one closest to Rhonesboro listed first.
    • Gladewater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Warren City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
      • Warren City is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • East Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
      • East Mountain is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
    • Clarksville City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
      • Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
    • Seven Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
      • Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
    • White Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
      • White Oak is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <2>
    • Liberty City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
      • Liberty City is located in Gregg County
    • Teneryville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Judson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
      • Judson is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Judson <2>
    • Greggton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kilgore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Longview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrison County
    • Morton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Morton is located in Harrison County
  • Hopkins County
  • Morris County
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rhonesboro, with the one closest to Rhonesboro listed first.
    • Red Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Winona is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <2>
    • Starrville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lindale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
      • Lindale is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <2>
    • Browning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Swan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hideaway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jamestown
      • From Rhonesboro to Jamestown
    • Jamestown ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jamestown has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jamestown
      • From Rhonesboro to Jamestown
    • Tyler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Carroll
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carroll. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Carroll is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Carroll
      • From Rhonesboro to Carroll
  • Titus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rhonesboro, with the one closest to Rhonesboro listed first.
    • Miller's Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller's Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
      • Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Winfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
      • Winfield is located in Titus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winfield <2>
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Wood County

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

Cemeteries Near Rhonesboro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rhonesboro.

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

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

  • Grice Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Robert Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kelsey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Simpsonville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simpsonville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simpsonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mansell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mansell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mansell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reed Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kay Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoover Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoover Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Piney Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Haney Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (193 more) ...
    • Varnon Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Varnon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Varnon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Crossroad Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroad Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Grice
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
  • Simpsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pritchett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pritchett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
    • Pritchett is located in Upshur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pritchett
    • From Rhonesboro to Pritchett
  • Gilmer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bettie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hawkins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Big Sandy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Stout
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Stout is located in Wood County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Stout
    • From Rhonesboro to Stout
  • Ewell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkins
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
    • Wilkins is located in Upshur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wilkins
    • From Rhonesboro to Wilkins
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • West Mountain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
      • West Mountain is located in Upshur County
    • Winnsboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
      • Winnsboro is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <2>
    • Leesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Rhonesboro ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rhonesboro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rhonesboro, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rhonesboro.

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 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 Rhonesboro:

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

The official website for Upshur County: www.countyofupshur.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rhonesboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rhonesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7576, Longitude: -95.1407    
<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>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 Rhonesboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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