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 Sacul (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 Sacul. 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 and doctors 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.
Sacul is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Sacul. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sacul:
- Nacogdoches County (The home county of Sacul)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Dextra
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Cushing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Looneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Nat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Trawick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Douglass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Alazan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Appleby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Nacogdoches
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitze
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Whispering Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Garrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson County
- Herring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Pollok
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Durant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Redtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Clawson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- River Crest Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Reklaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ponta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gallatin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Summerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Turney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Dialville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Blackjack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Henrys Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Gould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Weches
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Dotson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dotson is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson
- Long Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- New Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Sulphur Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Laneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flats is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flats
- Mount Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Minden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Price
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brachfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brachfield is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachfield
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Joinerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Wright City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Sinclair City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Arp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Omen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sacul, see our County-by-County Page for Sacul.
Cemeteries Near Sacul ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sacul.
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 Sacul - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sacul covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Sacul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacul Cemetery
- The Sacul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hughes King Williamson Cemetery
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Looney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dansby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blanton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelius Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fenton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Glenfawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Holly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Sacul in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sacul.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sacul, with the one closest to Sacul listed first.
- Looneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Glenfawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenfawn is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfawn
- New Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Douglass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Linn Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Laneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Minden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sacul. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sacul.
Newspapers Published in Sacul ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sacul.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sacul, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sacul.
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 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 Sacul:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nacogdoches County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Houston County
- Panola County
- Rusk County
- Smith 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 Sacul, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Sacul) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |