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 Sand Flat (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 Sand Flat. 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 Sand Flat ...
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 Sand Flat: Sand Flt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Flat. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Flat.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Sand Flat is located in Smith 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 Smith County: Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Upshur, Van Zandt & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Sand Flat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Flat:
- Smith County (The home county of Sand Flat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Red Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Winona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Swan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Lindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Starrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Tyler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hideaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Browning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- New Chapel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Garden Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Gresham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Bullard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Troup
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Mount Selman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Henrys Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henrys Chapel is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Chapel
- Cherokee Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Gould
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Gladewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Clarksville City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Warren City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Warren City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Kilgore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Mountain is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Rolling Meadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Seven Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Teneryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Greggton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greggton is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Chandler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Moore Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Leagueville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Berryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Overton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laird Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sexton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- New London
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Selman City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Friars
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- Jacobs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Turnertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Turnertown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnertown
- Joinerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Big Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Center Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Pritchett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Rhonesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
- Union Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Kelsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsey is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Rosewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Grice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Gilmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delrose is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
- Glenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Bettie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bettie is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Edom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Van
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Ben Wheeler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grand Saline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Hawkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hainesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
- Pine Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Mineola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Golden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Quitman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Stout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Cartwright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Perryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Alba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Flat, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Flat.
Cemeteries Near Sand Flat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Flat.
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 Sand Flat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Flat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Sand Flat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sand Flat Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north of Tyler.
- The Sand Flat Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sand Flat / Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285419 <3>
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Springs Free Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs Free Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Springs Free Cemetery is located in Red Springs.
- The Red Springs Free Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Springs Cemetery
- Shamburger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marsh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- The Marsh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marsh / Wiggins Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perryman Cemetery
- Damascus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sitton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitton Cemetery
- The Sitton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery (African-American)
- Nebo Cemetery
- Pine Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McDougle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Hopewell Valley Cemetery (African-American)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Memorial Park - African-American
- Bethesda Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Sand Flat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Flat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Flat, with the one closest to Sand Flat listed first.
- Lindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Winona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hawkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Starrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Mount Sylvan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sylvan
- Big Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Carroll
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Shady Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Garden Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chandler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Pine Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Flat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Flat.
Newspapers Published in Sand Flat ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Flat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Flat, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sand Flat.
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 Sand Flat:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Smith County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Gregg County
- Henderson County
- Rusk County
- Upshur County
- Van Zandt County
- Wood 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> | 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- Sand Flat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sand Flat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |