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 Sweet Union (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 Sweet Union. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sweet Union is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Anderson, Angelina, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Sweet Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweet Union:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Sweet Union)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weeping Mary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Alto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Rusk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Reklaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maydelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ponta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ponta is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponta
- Dialville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dialville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialville
- Turney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Mound City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Slocum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Slocum is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Alderbranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alderbranch is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderbranch
- Herring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Salmon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Salmon is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Jarvis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Redtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Pollok
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Durant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Clawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Woodlawn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Blix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Providence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Granville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Keltys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- Peavy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Ratcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Hagerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Fog Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Harrison Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Kennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weches
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Belott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Hickory Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Refuge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Refuge is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Grapeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Alazan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Douglass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Looneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Dextra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Nacogdoches
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sacul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cushing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Trawick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trawick is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trawick
- Woden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Appleby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Apple Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Helmic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Pennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Friday
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Groveton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sweet Union, see our County-by-County Page for Sweet Union.
Cemeteries Near Sweet Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweet Union.
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 Sweet Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sweet Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shooks Bluff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arnold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Simpson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Wells.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5385 <2>
- Mexican Prisoners Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McKinney & Wells Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Conner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Sweet Union in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sweet Union.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sweet Union, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tadmor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Ratcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pollok
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hagerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Alto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Weches
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Douglass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Belott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Augusta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Apple Springs
(18 miles [29 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 Sweet Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweet Union.
Newspapers Published in Sweet Union ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweet Union, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweet Union.
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 Sweet Union:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Angelina County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Trinity 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 from Point A (ie- Sweet Union) 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 Sweet Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |