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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 Starrville (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 Starrville. 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.

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 and hospitals 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.

Starrville is located in Smith County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Smith County: Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Upshur, Van Zandt & Wood.

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

  • Smith County     (The home county of Starrville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Starrville, with the one closest to Starrville listed first.
    • Winona
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Winona is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <2>
    • Browning
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Red Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamestown ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Smith County
      • Jamestown has also been known as:
      • Jimtown
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jamestown
      • From Starrville to Jamestown
    • New Chapel Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
      • New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
    • Tyler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lindale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
      • Lindale is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <2>
    • Arp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Omen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sinclair City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinclair City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
      • Sinclair City is located in Smith County
    • Whitehouse
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Whitehouse is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,108 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <2>
  • Cherokee County
  • Gregg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Starrville, with the one closest to Starrville listed first.
    • Liberty City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
      • Liberty City is located in Gregg County
    • Gladewater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarksville City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
      • Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
    • Warren City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
      • Warren City is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Kilgore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • White Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
      • White Oak is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <2>
    • East Mountain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
      • East Mountain is located in Gregg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
    • Danville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Greggton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Meadows
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
    • Teneryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fredonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Starrville, with the one closest to Starrville listed first.
    • Lansing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lansing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
      • Lansing is located in Harrison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lansing
      • From Starrville to Lansing
    • Morton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Morton is located in Harrison County
  • Henderson County
  • Rusk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Starrville, with the one closest to Starrville listed first.
    • Laird Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laird Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird Hill
      • Laird Hill is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laird Hill <2>
    • Overton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sexton City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sexton City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
      • Sexton City is located in Rusk County
    • New London
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
      • New London is located in Rusk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New London <2>
    • Pirtle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Friars
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacobs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Selman City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selman City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman City
      • Selman City is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selman City <2>
    • Turnertown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Monroe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monroe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Rusk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Monroe
      • From Starrville to Monroe
    • Joinerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Price
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
      • Price is located in Rusk County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <2>
  • Upshur County
  • Van Zandt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Starrville, with the one closest to Starrville listed first.
    • Edom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
      • Edom is located in Van Zandt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edom <2>
    • Van
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
      • Van is located in Van Zandt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <2>
  • Wood County

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

Cemeteries Near Starrville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Starrville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Ingram Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingram Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingram Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ingram Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dale / Hall / Ingram Cemetery
  • High Cemetery (African-American)
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High Cemetery (African-American)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High Cemetery (African-American) have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barber Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Seastrunk Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seastrunk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seastrunk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Siloam Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Siloam Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Siloam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Waters Bluff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pinkston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinkston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinkston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Alsup Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alsup Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alsup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Alsup Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Friendship / Alsup Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2102 <4>
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marsh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Marsh Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Marsh / Wiggins Cemetery
  • McDougle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDougle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDougle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (235 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Starrville had a population of 122 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Winona
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Winona is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <2>
  • Browning
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Big Sandy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wilkins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
    • Wilkins is located in Upshur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wilkins
    • From Starrville to Wilkins
  • Hawkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gladewater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tyler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pritchett
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pritchett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
    • Pritchett is located in Upshur County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pritchett
    • From Starrville to Pritchett
  • Shady Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
  • Swan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Overton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kilgore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • West Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
      • West Mountain is located in Upshur County
    • Lindale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
      • Lindale is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <2>
    • Omen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Starrville ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Starrville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Starrville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Starrville.

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 Starrville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Starrville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Smith County: www.smith-county.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Starrville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Starrville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Starrville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4698, Longitude: -95.1161       In this case, the coordinates for Starrville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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