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 Vair (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 Vair. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Vair is located in Trinity 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 Trinity County: Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Vair. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vair:
- Trinity County (The home county of Vair)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Apple Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Helmic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helmic is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Lacy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Woodlake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodlake is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Groveton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Friday
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Friday is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
- Chita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chita is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Glendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Blix
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blix is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blix
- Granville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Peavy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peavy is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,288 people
- Burke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Redtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Rutland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Clawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Durant is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant
- Diboll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Weeping Mary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weeping Mary is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Mary
- Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Hagerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Fog Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tadmor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Harrison Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Town
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Belott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Weches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Hickory Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Holly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holly is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Nacogdoches County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Alazan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Douglass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nacogdoches
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Etoile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nat
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Skinner Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Skinner Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Town
- Corrigan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Moscow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Barnum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barnum is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lily Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lily Island is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Island
- Seven Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Barnes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Bold Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bold Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs
- Tyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Peach Tree Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Tree Village is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree Village
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vair, see our County-by-County Page for Vair.
Cemeteries Near Vair ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vair.
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 Vair - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vair covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Dubose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McCarty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wallace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCarty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Burke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Largent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tullos Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rowan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rowan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McLain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandlot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Ryan Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aldredge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Vair in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vair.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vair, with the one closest to Vair listed first.
- Apple Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centralia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Clawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Hagerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Lufkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Keltys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- Pollok
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tadmor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Pennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Groveton
(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 Vair. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vair.
Newspapers Published in Vair ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vair.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vair, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vair.
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 Vair:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Trinity County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Angelina County
- Cherokee County
- Houston County
- Nacogdoches County
- Polk County
- Tyler 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> | 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 Vair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Vair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |