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 Rutland (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 Rutland. 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 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.
Rutland is located in Angelina 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 Angelina County: Cherokee, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Polk, San Augustine, Trinity & Tyler.
Below are the counties that are near Rutland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rutland:
- Angelina County (The home county of Rutland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Diboll
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Burke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Prairie Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Beulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beulah is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Peavy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Blix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Granville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Providence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bald Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Hill is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Hill
- Lufkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Hagerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Fog Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Ratcliff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Harrison Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Etoile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alazan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Nacogdoches
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Skinner Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Skinner Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town
- Corrigan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Barnum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barnum is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lily Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lily Island is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Island
- Barnes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Barnes is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Seven Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Leggett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bold Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bold Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs
- New Willard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Willard is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Willard
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Apple Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Helmic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlake is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Lacy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Groveton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Friday
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Chita
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chita is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Peach Tree Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colmesneil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rutland, see our County-by-County Page for Rutland.
Cemeteries Near Rutland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rutland.
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 Rutland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rutland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Emporia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia Cemetery
- The Emporia Cemetery has also been known as:
- Anthony Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6087 <2>
- Ryan Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McCarty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dubose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCarty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Memories Cemetery
- The Garden of Memories Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garden of Memories Memorial Park
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Renfro Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Renfro Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Diboll and Zavalla. The cemetery lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the east of Diboll.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6312 <2>
- Fielder Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Largent Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Stryker Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grimes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Rutland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rutland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rutland, with the one closest to Rutland listed first.
- Burke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Apple Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lufkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Keltys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- Asia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Asia is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asia
- Corrigan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Carmona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carmona is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmona
- Pollok
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barnum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barnum is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Moscow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Josserand
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Josserand is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josserand
- Hagerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rutland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rutland.
Newspapers Published in Rutland ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rutland, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rutland.
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 Rutland:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Angelina County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Polk County
- Trinity 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Diboll and Zavalla. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rutland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rutland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |