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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 Lone Star Lakes (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 Lone Star Lakes. 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 Lone Star Lakes ...

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 Lone Star Lakes: Lone Star Lks.

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.

Cemeteries Near Lone Star Lakes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Star Lakes.

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 Lone Star Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Christian Home Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Little Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ames Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oliver Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Triangle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Holly Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Battery Park Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Lawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<1>

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

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

  • Chuckatuck
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
  • Longview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Longview is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Everets
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Everets is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everets
  • Driver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Driver is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
  • Carrollton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shoulders Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
  • Deanes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Deanes is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanes
  • Smithfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Rescue
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
  • Myrtle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Myrtle is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
  • Suffolk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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    • Windsor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <2>
    • Kilby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Kilby is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
    • Magnet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet

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

Newspapers Published in Lone Star Lakes ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Star Lakes.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Star Lakes, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Star Lakes.

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 either 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 Lone Star Lakes:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lone Star Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lone Star Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.