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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 Thicket (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 Thicket. 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.

Thicket is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Polk & Tyler.

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

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Thicket)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thicket, with the one closest to Thicket listed first.
    • Votaw
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bragg ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bragg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
    • Batson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Saratoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Village Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kountze
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sour Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grayburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
    • Pinewood Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
    • Lumberton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Silsbee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Rose Hill Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
    • Loeb
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thicket, with the one closest to Thicket listed first.
    • Bevil Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
    • Nome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nome is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nome <1>
    • Voth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • China
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • China is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <1>
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thicket, with the one closest to Thicket listed first.
    • Fuqua ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fuqua is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuqua
    • Rye
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Thicket Creekmore Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Coushatta Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Coushatta Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coushatta Village
    • Romayor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mariam
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mariam is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariam
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Africa is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Hull
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rayburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Rayburn is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
    • Hardin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Daisetta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dayton Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton Lakes is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Woodson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Woodson is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thicket, with the one closest to Thicket listed first.
    • Oak Shade
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
    • Ace
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dallardsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Schwab City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Schwab City is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
    • Indian Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Indian Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
    • Goodrich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamont is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
    • Swartout ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Swartout is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout
    • Livingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Livingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • West Livingston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Livingston
  • San Jacinto County
    • Shepherd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thicket, with the one closest to Thicket listed first.
    • Warren
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillister
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivanhoe North
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
    • Ivanhoe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
    • Woodville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fred
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Thicket ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thicket.

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 Thicket - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Felps Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hank Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • McNulty Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Middle Town Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fields Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Moss Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Guedry Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Brackin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...
    • William W. Hart Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Village Mills Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Kountze.
      • The Fred C. Kimmey Memorial Garden has also been known as:
      • Memorial Garden

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

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

  • Saratoga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Village Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dallardsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Kountze
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hyatt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyatt is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
  • Nona
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Nona is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
  • Warren
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sour Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillister
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodrich
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Shepherd
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Ames
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Ames is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Liberty
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Keno
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Keno is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
    • Felicia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Felicia is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia

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

Newspapers Published in Thicket ...

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 Thicket.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thicket, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thicket.

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 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 Thicket:

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