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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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 Shady Grove ...
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 Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Shady Grove 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 Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Houston County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Lovelady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Belott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Fog Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Latexo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Hagerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Salmon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Slocum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Blix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Redtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Peavy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Pollok
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Weeping Mary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leon County
- Centerview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centerview is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Madison County
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pennington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Friday
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Glendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Centralia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Groveton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Mill Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mill Town is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Apple Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Helmic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Trinity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sumpter is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Chita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chita is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Kittrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kittrell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fodice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Box Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cal Wooten Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Anderson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hunley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
While we didn't find Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pennington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Antioch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Saron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saron is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Groveton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hagerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Tadmor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- San Pedro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- San Pedro is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- Porter Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Josserand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Josserand is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josserand
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Grove.
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 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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Leon County
- Madison County
- Trinity County
- Walker 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 Shady Grove, 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 from Point A (ie- Shady Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |