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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 Swansons Landing (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 Swansons Landing. 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 Swansons Landing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Swansons Landing: Swansons Lndg. (or less commonly used: Swansons Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Swansons Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Swansons Landing may originally have been Swanson's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Swansons Landing might be written as Swanson Landing.

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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Swansons Landing is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Caddo (LA), Gregg, Marion, Panola, Rusk & Upshur.

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

  • Harrison County     (The home county of Swansons Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Uncertain
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Karnack
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Baldwin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Jonesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Waskom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Scottsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Woodlawn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Marshall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elysian Fields
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Nesbitt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
    • Harleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • McLeod
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kildare
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Huffins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Huffins is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
    • Bivins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Linden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Lodi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kellyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Kellyville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
    • Sarber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sarber is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber
    • Macedonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Macedonia is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
    • Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jackson is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Panola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Panola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • De Berry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Miller County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Capps City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
    • Doddridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Bossier Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Benton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Benton is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,092 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <2>
    • Alden Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Bossier City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Plain Dealing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Espanita Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Red Chute
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Bodcau
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Bellevue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Caddo Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swansons Landing, with the one closest to Swansons Landing listed first.
    • Mooringsport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Blanchard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Belcher
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
    • Vivian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Vivian is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vivian <2>
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Gilliam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hosston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwood Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Western Hills Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Western Hills Village is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Hills Village
  • De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Stonewall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Swansons Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swansons Landing.

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 Swansons Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Blocker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dean Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Swanson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hope #2 Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hayner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hope #1 Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (186 more) ...
    • Andrews Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mimosa Hall Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Core Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Core Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Core Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of Jefferson.
      • The Core Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Core African American Cemetery
      • Gethsemane Core Cemetery
      • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Core Cemetery (located 69 miles to the north).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2451858 <4>

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 Swansons Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swansons Landing.

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

  • Latex
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Latex is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latex
  • Mooringsport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Longwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Blanchard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Smithland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Smithland is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
  • Jonesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Waskom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
  • Scottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Garfield ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Woodlawn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Flournoy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Benton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Benton is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,092 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <2>
    • Lodi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Swansons Landing ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swansons Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swansons Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swansons Landing.

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 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 Swansons Landing:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swansons Landing) 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 Swansons Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.