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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Spanish Bluff. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spanish Bluff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spanish Bluff, please Contact Us.
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 Spanish Bluff (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 Spanish Bluff. 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 Spanish Bluff ...
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 Spanish Bluff: Spanish Blf. (or less commonly used: Spanish Bluf.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spanish Bluff. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spanish Bluff.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Spanish Bluff is historic, it would have been located within present day Bowie 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 Bowie County: Little River (AR), Miller (AR), McCurtain (OK), Cass, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Spanish Bluff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spanish Bluff:
- Bowie County (The home county of Spanish Bluff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redbank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Hooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Victory City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Leary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Red Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Redwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Simms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Bryans Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Douglassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Domino
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Springdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Marietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Red Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Queen City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morris County
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Naples is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Former name for Naples:
- Station Belden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <2>
- Red River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Avery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- English
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Boxelder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Annona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Foreman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Alleene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Ashdown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashdown is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <2>
- Ogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <2>
- Winthrop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Yarborough Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Cerrogordo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cerrogordo is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Texarkana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rondo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rondo is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Sevier County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Ben Lomond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horatio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Paraloma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Norwoodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Norwoodville is located in Sevier County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
- McCurtain County (OK)
- Haworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spanish Bluff, see our County-by-County Page for Spanish Bluff.
Cemeteries Near Spanish Bluff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spanish Bluff.
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 Spanish Bluff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spanish Bluff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Bayou Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bayou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Bayou Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of New Boston.
- The Red Bayou Cemetery has also been known as:
- Red Bayou UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1053612 <3>
- New Boston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rea Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Runnels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wilder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Collon Plot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elliott Plot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- French Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- Shipp Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shipp Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Boston.
- The Shipp Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCright Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297203 <3>
- McWright Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Barfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Spanish Bluff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spanish Bluff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spanish Bluff, with the one closest to Spanish Bluff listed first.
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- New Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whaley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whaley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Hooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Malta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Malta is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Rocky Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Comfort is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- De Kalb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Corley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Simms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Rankin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rankin is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Eylau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eylau is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylau
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spanish Bluff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spanish Bluff.
Newspapers Published in Spanish Bluff ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spanish Bluff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spanish Bluff, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spanish Bluff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Spanish Bluff:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bowie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Morris County
- Red River County
- Little River County
- Miller County
- Sevier County
- McCurtain County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spanish Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Spanish Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |