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 Union Grove (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 Grove. 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 Union Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Union Grove: Union Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Union Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Union Grove.
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 ...
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.
Union Grove is located in Upshur 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 Upshur County: Camp, Gregg, Marion, Morris, Smith & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Union Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union Grove:
- Upshur County (The home county of Union Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Wilkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Glenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Center Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Pritchett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Indian Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Rock is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock
- Gilmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Graceton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graceton is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- James
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Diana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kelsey is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Delrose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Delrose is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delrose
- Camp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pine is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Pittsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cass County
- Avinger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gregg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Warren City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warren City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Gladewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Mountain is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 878 people
- Clarksville City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- White Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Teneryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Teneryville is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teneryville
- Greggton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greggton is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggton
- Judson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Liberty City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Longview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Morton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Lansing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lansing is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Noonday
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Noonday is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Hallsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Nesbitt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nesbitt is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Macedonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Lone Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Rusk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Laird Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pirtle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pirtle is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle
- Sexton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sexton City is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton City
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Overton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jacobs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jacobs is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- New London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Friars
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Friars is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars
- Selman City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Turnertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Turnertown is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnertown
- Joinerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Starrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Browning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown has also been known as:
- Jimtown
- Red Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- New Chapel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Chapel Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 667 people
- Arp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wright City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wright City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright City
- Omen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Omen is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omen
- Sinclair City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sinclair City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair City
- Tyler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Hawkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Perryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perryville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Pine Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Hainesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesville
- Stout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stout is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Union Grove.
Cemeteries Near Union Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Grove.
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 Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosedale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Gladewater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6471 <2>
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gladewater Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Longview.
- The Lakeview Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Gregg County Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4728 <2>
- Jordan Valley Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alsup Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsup Cemetery
- The Alsup Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship / Alsup Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2102 <2>
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 Union Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
- Gladewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Mountain is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mountain
- Wilkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilkins is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Glenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Pritchett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchett is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett
- Judson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gilmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Longview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Starrville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starrville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrville
- Kilgore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Diana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shady Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Browning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Union Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union Grove.
Newspapers Published in Union Grove ...
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 Union Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Grove, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Upshur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camp County
- Cass County
- Gregg County
- Harrison County
- Marion County
- Morris County
- Rusk County
- Smith County
- Wood 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' (or 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- Union Grove) 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 Union Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |