Cherokee County Texas Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

Texas Landmarks - Cherokee County

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Cherokee County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

Tips on using this index:

1. Scroll or use your browser "find" function to search this Index for a particular feature name or location.

2. Copy the Latitude and Longitude of your selected feature on a piece of paper for later reference. ( 311613N is 31° 16’ 13” and 0953747W is 95° 37’ 47” – drop the leading 0 )

3. Click on the name of the feature to view a map of the county. (Features submitted by other than USGS will appear immediately and no more action on you part to locate your feature.)

4. Note that as you move the cursor across the map that the latitude and longitude of the cursor is given in boxes on the left side of the page.

5. Move the cursor to display the latitude and longitude you recorded in step 2, and then left click. This click will center your selected feature in the center of the map. This is the location of your selected feature. If the copied lat & long is given in decimal degrees (31.78923) select DD.DD in the coordinates box directly under the Lat & long boxes.

6. Note that you can Zoom In or out by clicking on the Zoom + or – at the bottom of the map, and that clicking on the red corner markers move the entire map.

7. Items submitted by sources other than the USGS show approximate locations only. They have not been surveyed but usually are given to editor as verbal or written descriptions.

8. Locations of creeks & streams are given at the mouth of the creek or stream, i.e. where it joins a larger stream.

How to Add Landmarks or Features to These Pages or Submit Corrections.

Feature Name	St	County Name	Type	Latitude Longitude	Description	Submitters Name E-mail address
Adams Chapel	TX	Cherokee	church	314028N 0951330W		USGS
Afton Grove Church	TX	Cherokee	church	315838N 0951147W		USGS
Allen Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	313500N 0950946W		USGS
Allen Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	313500N 0950945W		USGS
Allen Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313959N 0945713W		USGS
Alto	TX	Cherokee	pop place	313901N 0950421W	In southern Cherokee County, 11 miles south of Rusk. Alto was laid off on the old Indian highway-El Camino Real (The King's Road)-known locally as the Old San Antonio Road, now SH 21. The land was originally a part of an extension grant to Nacogdoches traders, William Barr and Samuel Davenport, patented by Col. John Durst, and purchased by Col. Robert F. Mitchell, who emigrated to Nacogdoches County with 10 slaves in 1837, became a partner with Durst in a mercantile business at Mt. Sterling on the Angelina River east shore at the lower San Antonio Road Crossing; however, settlement of his affairs in Natchez, Miss., and New Orleans, La. followed by service in the Mexican War, had kept him out of Texas the greater part of the time before 1849, when he founded the town of Alto. Several Texas Historical markers in city.	Gordon Bennett gordonbe@tyler.net
Alto Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	313845N 0950244W		USGS
Cherokee Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	315152N 0950837W		USGS
Antioch Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	315300N 0951849W	Located about five miles SW of Jacksonville, Texas. South from U.S. highway 79 onto FM 747, then south on County Road 3111. The Methodist Church and cemetery are on top of a hill on the left side of County Road 3111. The cemetery is well maintained and has one huge old oak tree in it. The entrance is on the West side of the cemetery. The earliest burial was in 1918. The cemetery survey was completed in Aug/Sep 1996 and was published by Cherokee County Genealogical Society in 1997.	Gordon Bennett gordonbe@tyler.net
Antioch Church	TX	Cherokee	church	315300N 0951849W		USGS
Atoy	TX	Cherokee	pop place	314626N 0950047W		USGS
Atoy Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	314441N 0945808W		USGS
Bald Mountain	TX	Cherokee	summit	314332N 0950147W		USGS
Barber Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	315841N 0951236W		USGS
Barker Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	320629N 0950654W		USGS
Barrons Lake	TX	Cherokee	reservoir	320649N 0950205W		USGS
Beans Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313727N 0945654W		USGS
Beans Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	314501N 0951314W		USGS
Bear Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	320428N 0951031W		USGS
Beaver Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	314129N 0945747W		USGS
Beaver Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313425N 0945510W		USGS
Bell Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	320024N 0950839W		USGS
Bend About Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	315341N 0950524W		USGS
Benge Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	stream	N W	Located to the South and West of Jacksonville, Texas, On County Road 3111, 2.3 miles south of the Antioch community on the left. It is very small in a heavily wooded area. A giant old cedar tree marks the probable spot at which the cemetery began. Many of the older more vulnerable stones have been broken but most have been replaced with newer stones. The stone for Lola Hill is broken in many pieces and hasn't been replaced. Jemima Jane Chessher Williams Chapman known to be buried here. Her grave is marked with the original stone for Bragg Williams. It was placed on Jemima's grave when Bragg was given a replacement stone. The Cemetery survey was completed in August 1996 and published by the Cherokee County Genealogical Society in 1997. (Input of coordinates by anyone will be appreciated.)	Gordon Bennett gordonbe@tyler.net
Berry Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	314307N 0951454W		USGS
Berryman Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	314116N 0950124W		USGS
Bethel Church	TX	Cherokee	church	314845N 0950527W		USGS
Big Atoy Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	314457N 0950144W		USGS
Big Hill	TX	Cherokee	summit	313747N 0951447W		USGS
Birches Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	320236N 0951023W		USGS
Bird Hollow	TX	Cherokee	valley	313805N 0950806W		USGS
Bird Pond	TX	Cherokee	lake	315605N 0950725W		USGS
Black Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	314417N 0951053W		USGS
Blackburn Bay	TX	Cherokee	bay	320418N 0952541W		USGS
Blackburn Pond	TX	Cherokee	lake	320317N 0952556W		USGS
Blackjack	TX	Cherokee	pop place	320303N 0950615W		USGS
Blounts Church	TX	Cherokee	church	315017N 0950259W		USGS
Blue Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	320532N 0952004W		USGS
Boatman Slough	TX	Cherokee	gut	315024N 0945643W		USGS
Bog Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	313230N 0950758W		USGS
Bog Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	313230N 0950757W		USGS
Boggy Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	320138N 0950002W		USGS
Bolton Airport	TX	Cherokee	airport	315502N 0951225W		USGS
Bowles Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313447N 0951001W		USGS
Bowles Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313447N 0951003W		USGS
Bowles Spring	TX	Cherokee	spring	314127N 0950621W		USGS
Box Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	314043N 0951305W		USGS
Box Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313452N 0951042W		USGS
Box Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	313453N 0951045W		USGS
Bradford Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	314417N 0950436W		USGS
Bradford Mountain	TX	Cherokee	summit	314510N 0950459W		USGS
Bridge Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	315905N 0950943W		USGS
Brigman Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	314619N 0951907W		USGS
Brock Lake	TX	Cherokee	reservoir	320400N 0951405W		USGS
Brown Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	320620N 0952106W		USGS
Brunswick	TX	Cherokee	pop place	313454N 0950342W		USGS
Brushy	TX	Cherokee	pop place	320534N 0950847W		USGS
Brushy Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	320207N 0951450W		USGS
Brushy Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	313442N 0951311W		USGS
Brushy Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	313441N 0951310W		USGS
Brushy Lake	TX	Cherokee	lake	315247N 0950408W		USGS
Bulah	TX	Cherokee	pop place	314107N 0951300W		USGS
Bullard Memorial Cemetery	TX	Cherokee	cemetery	320739N 0951824W	The Bullard Memorial Cemetery is located about one mile Southeast of Bullard, Texas, on the North side of FM 2493, Between FM 2493 and US 69. It is not fenced, but is well maintained and easy to get to. Marked burials began in 1980 and continue to date. (Coordinates are approximate.)	Gordon Bennett gordonbe@tyler.net
Bull Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	314103N 0951721W		USGS
Butler Branch	TX	Cherokee	stream	313637N 0951241W		USGS
Campground Church	TX	Cherokee	church	313814N 0951118W		USGS
Campground Creek	TX	Cherokee	stream	320236N 0950036W		USGS
Caney Creek	TX	Cherokee