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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 Saint Paul (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 Saint Paul. 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 Saint Paul ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Paul: St. Paul

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Paul. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Paul.

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 northwest 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 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.

Saint Paul is located in Leon 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 Leon County: Anderson, Freestone, Houston, Limestone, Madison & Robertson.

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

  • Leon County     (The home county of Saint Paul)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Paul, with the one closest to Saint Paul listed first.
    • Russell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Centerview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
    • Buffalo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Centerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Middleton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Jewett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Newby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
    • Leona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Concord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Paul, with the one closest to Saint Paul listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Lakeview Assembly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
    • Tucker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Tucker is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Elkhart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cronin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cronin is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
    • Salmon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Salmon is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
    • Harmony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Palestine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Slocum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Slocum is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
    • Deanwright
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Deanwright is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
    • Mound City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Mound City is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Alderbranch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
    • Crystal Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Paul, with the one closest to Saint Paul listed first.
    • Oakwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Butler is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Red Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
    • Lanely
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
    • Turlington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Dew
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Donie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Freestone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Paul, with the one closest to Saint Paul listed first.
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
    • Grapeland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Latexo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Cooper
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Refuge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Refuge is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
    • Crockett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Austonio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
    • Belott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Belott is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
    • Hickory Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Limestone County
    • Farrar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Farrar is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar

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

Cemeteries Near Saint Paul ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Paul.

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 Saint Paul - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Paul covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lamon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bluff Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Dailey Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wes Hicks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Myrtle Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tubbs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • North Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Meriwether Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (222 more) ...
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynwood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hauser Property Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Oakwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Russell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
  • Long Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Tucker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Tucker is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
  • Keechi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Keechi is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keechi
  • Elkhart
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cronin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cronin is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
  • Butler
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Grapeland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Porter Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Buffalo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Guys Store
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Guys Store is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Palestine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Centerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ash
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ash is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash

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

Newspapers Published in Saint Paul ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Paul.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Paul, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Paul.

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 websites either 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 Saint Paul:

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>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 Saint Paul, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Saint Paul) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.