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 Sumer Hill (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 Sumer Hill. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Sumer Hill is located in Henderson 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 Henderson County: Anderson, Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, Smith & Van Zandt.
Below are the counties that are near Sumer Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sumer Hill:
- Henderson County (The home county of Sumer Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Murchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eustace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leagueville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Pine Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Log Cabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
- Caney City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caney City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Malakoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- LaRue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enchanted Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Enchanted Oaks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Fosterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Blackfoot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blackfoot is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Bois d'Arc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Frankston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Ward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ward is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Elmwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Cherokee County
- Cherokee Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Landing
- Kaufman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Mabank
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prairieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prairieville is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Becker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Becker is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
- Kemp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tolosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tolosa is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolosa
- Ola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ola is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Stubbs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stubbs is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Abner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Styx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Styx is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Navarro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Goodlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodlow is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Goodlow has also been known as:
- Goodlow Park
- Kerens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bazette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bazette is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazette
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Garden Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Hideaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Dogwood City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Noonday
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Lindale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lee Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Swan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Teaselville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Gresham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Flint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Van Zandt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Tundra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tundra is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tundra
- Ben Wheeler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Van
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <1>
- Myrtle Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Springs is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Springs
- Fruitvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grand Saline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edgewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wills Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Mineola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Golden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sumer Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sumer Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sumer Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sumer Hill.
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 Sumer Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sumer Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wreary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shelby Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169375 <2>
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rounsavall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Asberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Cox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Athens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Athens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #317712 <2>
- Blackjack Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Sumer Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sumer Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sumer Hill, with the one closest to Sumer Hill listed first.
- Walton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walton is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Murchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martins Mill is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mill
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ben Wheeler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Brownsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Roddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roddy is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Pine Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- New York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New York is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Malakoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Payne Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Payne Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sumer Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sumer Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sumer Hill ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumer Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sumer Hill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sumer Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Sumer Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Henderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Kaufman County
- Navarro County
- Smith County
- Van Zandt 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sumer Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sumer Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |