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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 Venable (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 Venable. 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.

Venable is located in San Augustine County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties 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 Venable. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Venable:

  • San Augustine County     (The home county of Venable)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Maxey Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
      • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • San Augustine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rebecca
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
      • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
    • Denning
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
      • Denning is located in San Augustine County
    • Broaddus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broaddus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broaddus
      • Broaddus is located in San Augustine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broaddus <2>
    • White City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in San Augustine County
    • Zana ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
      • Zana is located in San Augustine County
    • Powell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in San Augustine County
  • Angelina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Ora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
      • Ora is located in Angelina County
    • Ewing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ewing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Angelina County
    • Boynton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boynton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Boynton is located in Angelina County
    • Parker Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
      • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
    • Thomas Crossing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
      • Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
    • Oak Flat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
      • Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
    • Zavalla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
      • Alco is located in Angelina County
    • Dunagan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dunagan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
      • Dunagan is located in Angelina County
    • Platt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
      • Platt is located in Angelina County
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Browndell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browndell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
      • Browndell is located in Jasper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Harveytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
      • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
    • Sam Rayburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Nacogdoches County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Chireno
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Attoyac
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
      • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Etoile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Martinsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Swift
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swift. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
      • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Woden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Sabine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Rosevine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
    • Bronson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson
      • Bronson is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronson <2>
    • Geneva
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Milam
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam
      • Milam is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milam <2>
    • Hemphill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
      • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <2>
    • Pineland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookeland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookeland
      • Brookeland is located in Sabine County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookeland <2>
    • Mason
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Sabine County
    • Fairmount
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Choice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
      • Choice is located in Shelby County
    • Short
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Short. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
      • Short is located in Shelby County
    • Shelbyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
      • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <2>
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Africa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
      • Africa is located in Shelby County
    • Huxley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huxley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Campti
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
      • Campti is located in Shelby County
    • Arcadia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
      • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
  • Sabine Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venable, with the one closest to Venable listed first.
    • Noble
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Noble is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <2>
    • Zwolle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwolle
      • Zwolle is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zwolle <2>
    • Negreet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Negreet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negreet
      • Negreet is located in Sabine Parish (LA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Negreet <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Venable ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venable.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roberts Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Farrar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farrar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farrar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Redlands Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redlands Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redlands Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hereford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hereford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hereford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sheffield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheffield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheffield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sublett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sublett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sublett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...
    • Price Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Miller Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dickerson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickerson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • San Augustine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Macune
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macune have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
    • Macune is located in San Augustine County
  • Denning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
    • Denning is located in San Augustine County
  • Geneva
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sexton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sexton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
    • Sexton is located in Sabine County
  • Patroon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patroon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patroon
    • Patroon is located in Shelby County
  • Ironosa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
    • Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
  • Milam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam
    • Milam is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milam <2>
  • Chireno
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hemphill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemphill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Hemphill is located in Sabine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemphill <2>
  • East Hamilton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • East Hamilton is located in Shelby County
  • Zana ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
    • Zana is located in San Augustine County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Short
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Short. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
      • Short is located in Shelby County
    • Shelbyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
      • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <2>
    • Etoile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Venable ...

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 Venable.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Venable, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Venable.

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 Venable:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Venable. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Venable, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Venable) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Venable. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4641, Longitude: -94.0896       In this case, the coordinates for Venable have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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