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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 Scrapping Valley (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 Scrapping Valley. 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 Scrapping Valley ...

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 Scrapping Valley: Scrapping Vly. (or less commonly used: Scrapping Vally. or Scrapping Vlly.)

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 Parishes/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 parishes/counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Scrapping Valley is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Beauregard (LA), Calcasieu (LA), Sabine (LA), Vernon (LA), Jasper, Orange & Sabine.

Below are the parishes/counties that are near Scrapping Valley. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scrapping Valley:

  • Newton County     (The home county of Scrapping Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Wiergate
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • South Toledo Bend
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
    • Burkeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Shanklerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Toledo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Newton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Angelina County
    • Parker Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Browndell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Sam Rayburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Harveytown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
    • Jasper
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Brookeland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mason
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mason is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Pineland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hemphill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bronson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Milam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Rosevine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
    • Geneva
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • San Augustine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Powell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Rebecca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
    • White City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Maxey Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
    • Broaddus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • San Augustine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Rock ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Rock is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Toro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
    • Negreet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernon Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scrapping Valley, with the one closest to Scrapping Valley listed first.
    • Evans
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hornbeck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Scrapping Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scrapping Valley.

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 Scrapping Valley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Deas - Mason - Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Anderson Bowie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkerson Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • McElroy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Berryman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bay Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lowe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Remlig Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Frisby Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (243 more) ...
    • Wells Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Weaver Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Clark - Dickey Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Fairmount
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Brookeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Farrsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Farrsville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
  • Hemphill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Burkeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Toledo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Toledo is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Jasper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Milam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Newton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Toro
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Toro is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
  • Geneva
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Macune
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Macune is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
    • Beech Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove

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

Newspapers Published in Scrapping Valley ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scrapping Valley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scrapping Valley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scrapping Valley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Scrapping Valley:

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 Scrapping Valley, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scrapping Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.