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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 Woodcrest Acres (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 Woodcrest Acres. 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.

Woodcrest Acres 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 Woodcrest Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodcrest Acres:

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Woodcrest Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Lumberton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Loeb
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
    • Rose Hill Acres
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
    • Silsbee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pinewood Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
    • Kountze
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grayburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
    • Sour Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saratoga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Village Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Batson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bragg ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bragg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
    • Thicket
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chambers County
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Evadale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bunker Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
    • Buna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Call Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Voth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bevil Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
    • Amelia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Beaumont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Higgins
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Higgins is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
    • China
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Central Gardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Central Gardens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gardens
    • Nome
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Nederland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Neches
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • La Belle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • La Belle is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
    • Groves
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Groves is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,268 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groves <1>
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Devers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Daisetta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Newton County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Pine Forest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Pine Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Pine Grove is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Rose City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose City is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
    • Vidor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Vidor is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <1>
    • Texla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Texla is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
    • Terry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Terry is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
    • Mauriceville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lemonville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lemonville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
    • Orangefield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bridge City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinehurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Pinehurst is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
    • West Orange
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Orange
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodcrest Acres, with the one closest to Woodcrest Acres listed first.
    • Fred
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Warren
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Woodcrest Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodcrest Acres.

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 Woodcrest Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Loeb Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Walton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Spell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hook Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Knupple Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rest Haven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Anthony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Anthony Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beaumont.
    • The Anthony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dan Gill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130 <2>
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Peaceful Rest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (73 more) ...
    • Restlawn Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Craig Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Rosedale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rosedale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Nona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nona is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
  • Amelia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Amelia is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
  • Beaumont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pine Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
  • Kountze
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sour Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • China
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Terry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Terry is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Saratoga
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Tulane
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tulane is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
  • Village Mills
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Felicia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Felicia is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
    • La Belle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • La Belle is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
    • Echo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Echo is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo

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

Newspapers Published in Woodcrest Acres ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodcrest Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodcrest Acres, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodcrest Acres.

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 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 Woodcrest Acres:

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 Woodcrest Acres, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodcrest Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.