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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 Flats (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 Flats. 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 Flats ...

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 Flats: Sand Flts.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Sand Flats 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 Sand Flats. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Flats:

  • Leon County     (The home county of Sand Flats)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flats, with the one closest to Sand Flats listed first.
    • Russell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Buffalo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Centerview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Centerview is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
    • Centerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Middleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Newby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
    • Leona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Concord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flats, with the one closest to Sand Flats listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Tucker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tucker is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Lakeview Assembly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeview Assembly is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Assembly
    • Elkhart
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Harmony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Cronin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cronin is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
    • Salmon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Salmon is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
    • Massey Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Massey Lake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Lake
    • Palestine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Tennessee Colony
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Deanwright
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Deanwright is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwright
    • Slocum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Slocum is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flats, with the one closest to Sand Flats listed first.
    • Oakwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Butler is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Red Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
    • Lanely
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
    • Turlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Dew
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Fairfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Donie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Freestone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
    • Teague
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <1>
    • Stewards Mill ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stewards Mill is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewards Mill
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Flats, with the one closest to Sand Flats listed first.
    • Halls Bluff Town ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Halls Bluff Town is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Bluff Town
    • Grapeland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Latexo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Porter Springs is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
    • Refuge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Refuge is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
    • Cooper
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cooper is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Crockett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Austonio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Austonio is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austonio
    • Belott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Belott is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
  • Limestone County
    • Farrar
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Sand Flats, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Flats.

Cemeteries Near Sand Flats ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Flats.

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 Flats - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lamon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluff Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Keechi Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Myrtle Springs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mayes Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bacon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (223 more) ...
    • Wheelock Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Dailey Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Flats in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Flats.

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

  • Oakwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Long Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Keechi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Keechi is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keechi
  • Tucker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tucker is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
  • Butler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Russell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Russell is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
  • Elkhart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cronin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cronin is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronin
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Palestine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapeland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Tennessee Colony
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dew
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Centerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Guys Store
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Guys Store is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Store

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

Newspapers Published in Sand Flats ...

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 Sand Flats.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Flats, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sand Flats.

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 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 Sand Flats:

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