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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 Union Grave (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 Union Grave. 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 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 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.

Union Grave is located in San Augustine 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 San Augustine County: Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine & Shelby.

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

  • San Augustine County     (The home county of Union Grave)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Maxey Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
    • Rebecca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
    • San Augustine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Denning
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
    • Broaddus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Powell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Ora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Ewing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Ewing is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Boynton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
    • Thomas Crossing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
    • Parker Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
    • Oak Flat
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
    • Zavalla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Alco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Alco is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Huntington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunagan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dunagan is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
    • Platt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
    • Rocky Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Nancy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Nancy is located in Angelina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Browndell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Harveytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
    • Sam Rayburn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Chireno
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Attoyac
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
    • Etoile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Martinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Swift
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Rosevine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
    • Bronson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Geneva
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pineland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milam
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hemphill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brookeland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mason
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mason is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Fairmount
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grave, with the one closest to Union Grave listed first.
    • Choice
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
    • Short
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Short is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Africa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Shelbyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Arcadia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Huxley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Campti
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Campti is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti

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

Cemeteries Near Union Grave ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Grave.

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 Union Grave - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hereford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Crow Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Farrar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheffield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Redlands Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Roberts Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Price Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (274 more) ...
    • Head Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maryland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Crow Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<3>

While we didn't find Union Grave in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Grave.

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

  • Macune
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
  • San Augustine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Denning
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
  • Chireno
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Ironosa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
  • Geneva
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Zana is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
  • Sexton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sexton is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
  • Patroon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Patroon is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patroon
  • Etoile
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Milam
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ora
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ora is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hemphill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Short
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Short is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Martinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Union Grave. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union Grave.

Newspapers Published in Union Grave ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Grave.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Grave, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Grave.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Union Grave:

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>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 Union Grave, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Union Grave) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.