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 San Pedro (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 San Pedro. 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 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.
San Pedro 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 San Pedro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Pedro:
- Houston County (The home county of San Pedro)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Refuge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Belott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Grapeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Latexo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Harrison Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Crockett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Kennard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fog Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Mound City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Salmon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Slocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Alderbranch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Elkhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Jarvis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Kossuth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Cronin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Crystal Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Deanwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deanwright is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
- Lakeview Assembly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Redtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Pollok
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Weeping Mary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maydelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dialville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Freestone County
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Centerview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerview is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Pennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Centralia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friday
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Apple Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Helmic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Lacy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Pedro, see our County-by-County Page for San Pedro.
Cemeteries Near San Pedro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Pedro.
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 San Pedro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Pedro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- San Pedro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edens - Madden Massacre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Refuge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCarter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCarthy Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grounds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Enon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- John Denson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Denson Cemetery
- The John Denson Cemetery has also been known as:
- John Denson Family Cemetery
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Owens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Davidson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, San Pedro had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Pedro, with the one closest to San Pedro listed first.
- Augusta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Belott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Grapeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Weches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Crockett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tadmor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Alderbranch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elkhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Hagerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Cronin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cronin is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around San Pedro. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Pedro.
Newspapers Published in San Pedro ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Pedro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Pedro, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Pedro.
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 professional and volunteer 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 San Pedro:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Freestone County
- Leon 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 San Pedro, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Pedro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |