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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 Soules Chapel (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 Soules Chapel. 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 Soules Chapel ...

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.

While the name of this community is Soules Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Soules Chapel may originally have been Soule's Chapel.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Soules Chapel might be written as Soule Chapel.

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.

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

  • Upshur County     (The home county of Soules Chapel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Simpsonville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
    • Thomas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Thomas is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
    • Grice
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Grice is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
    • Piney Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Rosewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rosewood is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Bettie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bettie is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
    • Rhonesboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rhonesboro is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhonesboro
    • Kelsey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kelsey is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Delrose
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Delrose is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
    • Ewell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ewell is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
    • Gilmer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pritchett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pritchett is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
    • LaFayette
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • LaFayette is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
  • Camp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Pine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
    • Leesburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pittsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 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
    • Harvard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Harvard is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
    • Center Point ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Center Point is located in Camp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Hughes Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Avinger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Scroggins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Winnsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Purley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Purley is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purley
    • Mount Vernon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Gregg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Gladewater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Mountain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • East Mountain is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
    • Warren City
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Seven Pines
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
    • Clarksville City
      (23 miles [37 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
    • White Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Judson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Teneryville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Teneryville is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
    • Liberty City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Liberty City is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
    • Greggton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Greggton is located in Gregg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
    • Longview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Morton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Morton is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Harleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Hopkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Black Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Pickton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Como
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Como is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
    • Saltillo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Weaver
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Weaver is located in Hopkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Marion County
    • Jackson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jackson is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Morris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Cason
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Star
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jenkins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jenkins is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Daingerfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Branch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rocky Branch is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
    • Omaha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Red Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Springs is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
    • Winona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Starrville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Starrville is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
    • Browning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Browning is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
    • Lindale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Titus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Miller's Cove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Mount Pleasant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Winfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cookville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Green Hill is located in Titus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Wood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soules Chapel, with the one closest to Soules Chapel listed first.
    • Perryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Perryville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
    • Pine Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Mills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
    • Stout
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Stout is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Cartwright
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cartwright is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Hainesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hainesville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
    • Hawkins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Forest Hill is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
    • Coke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Coke is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coke
    • Quitman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mineola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Yantis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Soules Chapel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soules Chapel.

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 Soules Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Simpsonville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Grice Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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]<3> to the north of Rhonesboro.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3953 <4>
  • Crossroad Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Piney Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Myrtle Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Springs Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Pittsburg.
    • The Myrtle Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Macedonia Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1172448 <4>
  • Kelsey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Christian Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Center Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ridge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Ridge Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Pittsburg.
    • The Center Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Hope Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #374801 <4>
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hepsibah Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Robert Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lone Mtn. Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<5>

While we didn't find Soules Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soules Chapel.

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

  • Simpsonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Simpsonville is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
  • Grice
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grice is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grice
  • Bettie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bettie is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
  • Ewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ewell is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
  • Shady Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Gilmer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Leesburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pritchett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pritchett is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
  • Pittsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Mills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Mills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
  • LaFayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • LaFayette is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
  • Stout
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Stout is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Winnsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Sandy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • West Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • West Mountain is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain

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

Newspapers Published in Soules Chapel ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soules Chapel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Soules Chapel, 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 Soules Chapel.

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 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 Soules Chapel:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Soules Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Soules Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.