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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Shady Grove is located in Upshur 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 Upshur County: Camp, Gregg, Marion, Morris, Smith & Wood.
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:
- Upshur 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.
- Rhonesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
- Rosewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosewood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Pritchett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Kelsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsey is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Gilmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wilkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Simpsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Thomas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Delrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delrose is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Leesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mound
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Harvard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Scroggins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Winnsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Purley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Purley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Gladewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warren City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Warren City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- East Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Clarksville City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Seven Pines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Liberty City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- White Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Teneryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- Judson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greggton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Greggton is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
- Kilgore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Harrison County
- Morton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Hopkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Pickton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Cason
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Laird Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Overton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sexton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- New London
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Winona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Red Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Starrville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Browning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Lindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Hideaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Tyler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Chapel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Garden Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Hawkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Perryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Hainesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
- Stout
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Cartwright
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Forest Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Quitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mineola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coke is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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.
- Hoover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fonda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fonda Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Big Sandy.
- The Fonda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Varnon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418860 <3>
- Haney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jarvis College Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kelsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grice Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grice Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Rhonesboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3953 <3>
- Robert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Ray Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fouke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Old Fouke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Shady Grove had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pritchett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Hawkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grice is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
- Pine Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Wilkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Gilmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Simpsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Winona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Mountain is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
- Bettie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bettie is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Starrville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gladewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Stout
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
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 51 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 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. 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 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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Upshur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camp County
- Franklin County
- Gregg County
- Harrison County
- Hopkins County
- Morris County
- Rusk County
- Smith 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |
| <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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |