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 Tecula (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 Tecula. 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 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.
Tecula 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 Tecula. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tecula:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Tecula)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Mixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Gould
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gould is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Mount Selman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackjack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackjack is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- New Summerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Turney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turney
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Gallatin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bullard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reese
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Reese is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Todd City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Todd City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd City
- Frankston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Neches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pert is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pert
- Herring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Jarvis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jarvis is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Fosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fosterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Brushy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brushy Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Kossuth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kossuth is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Wells Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Elmwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elmwood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Crystal Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Berryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Coffee City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coffee City is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Poynor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Moore Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Station is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Chandler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- LaRue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leagueville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leagueville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leagueville
- Brownsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Dextra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dextra is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dextra
- Sacul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cushing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Douglass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Big Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- New Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Price
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Selman City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Turnertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Turnertown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnertown
- Joinerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Overton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Friars
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- New London
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sexton City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Whitehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Omen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Sinclair City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Teaselville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Teaselville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaselville
- Flint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gresham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Lee Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Spring is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Spring
- Wright City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Dogwood City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood City
- Noonday
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Noonday is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- New Chapel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tecula, see our County-by-County Page for Tecula.
Cemeteries Near Tecula ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tecula.
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 Tecula - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tecula covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Tecula Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grimes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Jacksonville.
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Staton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fitch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Griffin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Larissa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Larissa Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Mount Selman.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4755 <3>
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 Tecula in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tecula.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tecula, with the one closest to Tecula listed first.
- Mixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mixon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixon
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Selman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Selman is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Selman
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Griffin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Larissa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Larissa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larissa
- Troup
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Omen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Rusk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Flint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Berryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Berryville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Neches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tecula. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tecula.
Newspapers Published in Tecula ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tecula.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tecula, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tecula.
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 Tecula:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Henderson County
- Nacogdoches County
- Rusk County
- Smith 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tecula) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Tecula, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |