Newton County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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Adsul | pop place | 30.642778, -093.842778 | USGS | |
Alabama Branch | stream | 30.435833, -093.788889 | USGS | |
Alligator Lake | lake | 30.825833, -093.560833 | USGS | |
Arch Creek | stream | 30.643333, -093.683333 | USGS | |
Armstrong Lake | lake | 30.845000, -093.572222 | USGS | |
Babel Creek | stream | 31.155278, -093.565000 | USGS | |
Balance Branch | stream | 30.991389, -093.651389 | USGS | |
Bay Branch | stream | 30.889167, -093.839722 | USGS | |
Bay Springs Cemetery | cemetery | 31.074444, -093.838333 | USGS | |
Bear Branch | stream | 31.034444, -093.721111 | USGS | |
Beckam Lake | lake | 30.441389, -093.708333 | USGS | |
Beef Trail Campground | locale | 31.035833, -093.853889 | USGS | |
Belcher Creek | stream | 31.051111, -093.858889 | USGS | |
Belgrade | pop place | 30.685556, -093.663333 | USGS | |
Belgrade Cemetery | cemetery | 30.663056, -093.684167 | USGS | |
Big Branch | stream | 30.446944, -093.857778 | USGS | |
Big Cow Creek | stream | 30.573333, -093.728333 | USGS | |
Big Marsh | swamp | 30.741667, -093.764444 | USGS | |
Big Slough | gut | 30.610556, -093.705833 | USGS | |
Big Spring Cemetery | cemetery | 30.860833, -093.861111 | USGS | |
Biloxi Cemetery | cemetery | 30.657778, -093.780278 | USGS | |
Biloxi Church | church | 30.648889, -093.769167 | USGS | |
Biloxi School | school | 30.620556, -093.733611 | USGS | |
Bird Lake | lake | 31.083889, -093.554167 | USGS | |
Bivens Branch | stream | 30.469444, -093.791389 | USGS | |
Black Branch | stream | 31.047500, -093.574167 | USGS | |
Black Creek | stream | 31.056389, -093.530278 | USGS | |
Black Marsh Slough | gut | 30.387500, -093.793056 | USGS | |
Blacks Prairie | flat | 30.328333, -093.846667 | USGS | |
Bleakwood | pop place | 30.692222, -093.822222 | USGS | |
Blue Branch | stream | 30.915278, -093.860556 | USGS | |
Boggy Lakes | lake | 30.449722, -093.707500 | USGS | |
Bon Wier | pop place | 30.739722, -093.643056 | USGS | |
Bon Wier Lookout Tower | tower | 30.798056, -093.707778 | USGS | |
Bose Lake | lake | 30.581667, -093.725833 | USGS | |
Brack Creek | stream | 31.055278, -093.569167 | USGS | |
Branch, Bayou | stream | 31.028056, -093.658333 | USGS | |
Bridge Creek | stream | 31.017778, -093.876667 | USGS | |
Brushy Lake | lake | 31.023611, -093.526389 | USGS | |
Buck Creek | stream | 31.171111, -093.603611 | USGS | |
Buck Creek | stream | 31.152778, -093.639167 | USGS | |
Buckhorn | pop place | 30.766389, -093.681389 | USGS | |
Bull Cove | valley | 30.298056, -093.822500 | USGS | |
Bumpy Baygall | swamp | 30.442500, -093.866667 | USGS | |
Buna Lookout Tower | tower | 30.437222, -093.864444 | USGS | |
Burkeville | pop place | 30.999722, -093.667778 | USGS | |
Burkeville Lookout Tower | tower | 30.937222, -093.666944 | USGS | |
Burns Creek | stream | 31.048333, -093.854444 | USGS | |
Cade Creek | stream | 31.054444, -093.780278 | USGS | |
Call | locale | 30.612222, -093.874167 | USGS | |
Camp Bill Stark | locale | 30.578333, -093.776111 | USGS | |
Camp Otanyao | locale | 30.580556, -093.784167 | USGS | |
Caney Branch | stream | 30.901667, -093.782222 | USGS | |
Caney Creek | stream | 30.726667, -093.616111 | USGS | |
Cat Creek | stream | 30.958889, -093.686667 | USGS | |
Catfish Lake | lake | 31.030278, -093.522500 | USGS | |
Cedar Grove Church | church | 30.945556, -093.592222 | USGS | |
Chain Lakes | lake | 30.836667, -093.560000 | USGS | |
Church House Creek | stream | 30.634444, -093.682500 | USGS | |
Circle Lake | lake | 30.466111, -093.713056 | USGS | |
Clear Creek | stream | 30.959444, -093.690000 | USGS | |
Cole Slough | gut | 30.466944, -093.765833 | USGS | |
Coon Branch | stream | 30.662500, -093.667500 | USGS | |
Copeland Lakes | lake | 31.118611, -093.540556 | USGS | |
Copperas Creek | stream | 31.152778, -093.691389 | USGS | |
Crenshaw Branch | stream | 31.011944, -093.841944 | USGS | |
Cutoff, The | gut | 30.514444, -093.785278 | USGS | |
Cypress Creek | stream | 30.333889, -093.765833 | USGS | |
Dark Hammock | island | 31.051944, -093.548889 | USGS | |
Dave Mack Branch | stream | 30.875833, -093.652500 | USGS | |
Davis Cemetery | cemetery | 30.731389, -093.706944 | USGS | |
Davis Creek | stream | 30.677778, -093.634722 | USGS | |
Dead Lake | lake | 30.486389, -093.719444 | USGS | |
Deep Slough | gut | 31.142500, -093.556944 | USGS | |
Deer Creek | stream | 31.041944, -093.743889 | USGS | |
Dempsey Creek | stream | 30.661111, -093.667222 | USGS | |
Detty Creek | stream | 31.000556, -093.578056 | USGS | |
Devils Pocket | basin | 30.449722, -093.728056 | USGS | |
Deweyville | pop place | 30.297500, -093.743333 | USGS | |
Dinkhorse Branch | stream | 31.151389, -093.897222 | USGS | |
Donahoe Creek | stream | 30.575833, -093.726944 | USGS | |
Donahoe Marsh | swamp | 30.683056, -093.755556 | USGS | |
Double Branch | stream | 30.476944, -093.850833 | USGS | |
Dry Creek | stream | 30.629167, -093.819722 | USGS | |
Dry Creek | stream | 30.955556, -093.805556 | USGS | |
Dry Hurricane Creek | stream | 31.151944, -093.814722 | USGS | |
E O Siecke State Forest | park | 30.637500, -093.825000 | USGS | |
East Branch White Oak Creek | stream | 30.753889, -093.832222 | USGS | |
East Prong McKim Creek | stream | 31.153333, -093.912222 | USGS | |
East Texas Baptist Encampment | locale | 30.814444, -093.801667 | USGS | |
Eddie Gatson Cemetery | cemetery | 31.028611, -093.733333 | USGS | |
Evans Old River | lake | 30.937500, -093.533056 | USGS | |
Everett Creek | stream | 30.736111, -093.872778 | USGS | |
Faith Chapel | church | 31.001944, -093.684167 | USGS | |
Farrs Chapel | church | 30.938056, -093.811944 | USGS | |
Farrsville | pop place | 30.983333, -093.807222 | USGS | |
Fawil | pop place | 30.726111, -093.707500 | USGS | |
Ferguson Lake | lake | 31.163333, -093.542500 | USGS | |
Ford Church | church | 30.779167, -093.688056 | USGS | |
Fowler Old River | lake | 30.885833, -093.577778 | USGS | |
Fredonia Church | church | 30.624722, -093.728333 | USGS | |
George Lewis Branch | stream | 30.688333, -093.781944 | USGS | |
Gray Hammock | island | 31.036111, -093.550000 | USGS | |
Griggs Cemetery | cemetery | 30.903889, -093.630000 | USGS | |
Griggs Cemetery | cemetery | 30.903889, -093.630000 | USGS | |
Griners Marsh | swamp | 30.458333, -093.777222 | USGS | |
Gum Lake | lake | 31.027222, -093.516667 | USGS | |
Gum Slough | gut | 30.548611, -093.817778 | USGS | |
Gunter Hill | summit | 31.084167, -093.585000 | USGS | |
Hackberry Branch | stream | 30.858056, -093.723333 | USGS | |
Hackberry Branch | stream | 30.899444, -093.734722 | USGS | |
Hardy Cemetery | cemetery | 31.034444, -093.848611 | USGS | |
Harrells | pop place | 30.665278, -093.830556 | USGS | |
Harrol Hollow | valley | 30.991389, -093.651667 | USGS | |
Hartburg | pop place | 30.257500, -093.764444 | USGS | |
Hassle Branch | stream | 30.747222, -093.714722 | USGS | |
Herrin Cemetery | cemetery | 30.726667, -093.727500 | USGS | |
Hickman Creek | stream | 31.094167, -093.563056 | USGS | |
Hollis Marsh | stream | 30.368889, -093.872222 | USGS | |
Horseshoe Lake | lake | 30.433889, -093.716667 | USGS | |
Horseshoe Lake | lake | 30.954167, -093.537222 | USGS | |
Horseshoe Lake | lake | 31.033889, -093.521111 | USGS | |
Howards | pop place | 30.748611, -093.783889 | USGS | |
Howell Lake | lake | 30.524722, -093.728889 | USGS | |
Hughes Cemetery | cemetery | 30.701111, -093.728056 | USGS | |
Hughes Cemetery | cemetery | 30.743611, -093.629167 | USGS | |
Hunter Creek | stream | 30.865278, -093.806667 | USGS | |
Hurger Branch | stream | 31.106389, -093.553889 | USGS | |
Indian Creek | stream | 31.170000, -093.594167 | USGS | |
Indian Hills | pop place | 31.032778, -093.759167 | USGS | |
Inman Cemetery | cemetery | 30.718889, -093.620556 | USGS | |
Irving Branch | stream | 30.891389, -093.839444 | USGS | |
Jamestown | pop place | 30.922778, -093.826111 | USGS | |
Jarrels Ferry Lake | lake | 31.016667, -093.536111 | USGS | |
Jeeter Creek | stream | 31.047500, -093.655000 | USGS | |
Jordan Branch | stream | 30.988333, -093.791667 | USGS | |
Kimmey Lake | lake | 30.783889, -093.595556 | USGS | |
Kimmey Lake Slough | swamp | 30.804167, -093.595833 | USGS | |
Labar Lake | lake | 31.072500, -093.532778 | USGS | |
Laurel Sudduth Bluff Cemetery | cemetery | 30.382222, -093.771944 | USGS | |
Leland Lake | lake | 31.173611, -093.541667 | USGS | |
Lenore, Lake | lake | 31.178333, -093.551389 | USGS | |
Lewis Chapel | church | 30.710833, -093.776944 | USGS | |
Lewis Gully | valley | 30.911667, -093.821667 | USGS | |
Liberty | pop place | 30.923056, -093.722500 | USGS | |
Little Caney Branch | stream | 30.934444, -093.785833 | USGS | |
Little Cow Creek | stream | 30.920278, -093.550833 | USGS | |
Little Cypress Creek | stream | 30.355833, -093.833333 | USGS | |
Little Quicksand Creek | stream | 30.799722, -093.652500 | USGS | |
Log Town Pond | lake | 30.701389, -093.782222 | USGS | |
Long Creek | stream | 31.060833, -093.676111 | USGS | |
Long Marsh | swamp | 30.748333, -093.765833 | USGS | |
Lost Creek | stream | 30.761111, -093.613333 | USGS | |
Macedonia Church | church | 31.002500, -093.708611 | USGS | |
Maple Gap | gap | 30.288889, -093.816111 | USGS | |
Martin Branch | stream | 30.901667, -093.782222 | USGS | |
Mattox | pop place | 30.999722, -093.773333 | USGS | |
Mattox Cemetery | cemetery | 31.087222, -093.720833 | USGS | |
Mayflower | pop place | 31.090000, -093.723611 | USGS | |
Mayflower Lookout | locale | 31.101111, -093.758611 | USGS | |
Mayhaw Marsh | swamp | 30.476111, -093.820556 | USGS | |
McGraw Creek | stream | 30.978889, -093.640000 | USGS | |
McNorton Branch | stream | 31.140000, -093.766111 | USGS | |
Melhomes Creek | stream | 30.865278, -093.806667 | USGS | |
Melton Creek | stream | 31.101111, -093.551111 | USGS | |
Mill Creek | stream | 31.048611, -093.528889 | USGS | |
Mill Creek | stream | 30.860833, -093.635833 | USGS | |
Miller Branch | stream | 31.026944, -093.657500 | USGS | |
Mitchell Cemetery | cemetery | 31.103889, -093.700556 | USGS | |
Mitchell Creek | stream | 31.155833, -093.676389 | USGS | |
Moore Branch | stream | 30.844444, -093.669444 | USGS | |
Morgan Lake | lake | 30.410833, -093.741667 | USGS | |
Mount Hope Church | church | 30.974167, -093.711389 | USGS | |
Mount Hope Church | church | 30.974167, -093.711389 | USGS | |
Mount Olive Church | church | 31.156389, -093.573056 | USGS | |
Mount Pleasant Church | church | 31.084444, -093.718889 | USGS | |
Negro Marsh | swamp | 30.295556, -093.773056 | USGS | |
Newton | pop place | 30.848333, -093.757222 | USGS | |
Newton County | civil | 30.766667, -093.766667 | USGS | |
Newton Municipal Airport | airport | 30.884167, -093.741667 | USGS | |
Newton Oil Field | oilfield | 30.543889, -093.771111 | USGS | |
Nichols Creek | stream | 30.385556, -093.761667 | USGS | |
Nichols Creek Church | church | 30.420278, -093.786111 | USGS | |
Nips Marsh | swamp | 30.266389, -093.819167 | USGS | |
Odom Cemetery | cemetery | 30.742778, -093.768056 | USGS | |
Ole Doc Branch | stream | 31.121389, -093.806944 | USGS | |
Owens Lake | lake | 30.332500, -093.758611 | USGS | |
Pecan Lake | lake | 30.546667, -093.739444 | USGS | |
Pilgrim Church | church | 30.651389, -093.767778 | USGS | |
Pine Bluff Lake | lake | 31.032778, -093.525278 | USGS | |
Pine Grove | pop place | 30.770833, -093.809722 | USGS | |
Pine Hill Cemetery | cemetery | 31.158889, -093.826944 | USGS | |
Pine Hill Church | church | 31.163333, -093.823056 | USGS | |
Pine Island | island | 31.120000, -093.565833 | USGS | |
Pine Lake | lake | 30.521667, -093.723611 | USGS | |
Pine Log Branch | stream | 30.450278, -093.858333 | USGS | |
Pinehill Church | church | 30.911111, -093.803889 | USGS | |
Pleasant Hill Church | church | 30.991111, -093.824167 | USGS | |
Plum Creek | stream | 30.962222, -093.604167 | USGS | |
Plum School | school | 31.034167, -093.657222 | USGS | |
Pocket Slough | stream | 30.453889, -093.790000 | USGS | |
Pole Slough | stream | 30.810556, -093.603056 | USGS | |
Quicksand Church | church | 30.799444, -093.638333 | USGS | |
Quicksand Creek | stream | 30.742778, -093.618611 | USGS | |
Red Branch | stream | 30.700000, -093.688333 | USGS | |
Reese Marsh | swamp | 30.546667, -093.785278 | USGS | |
Richland Branch | stream | 30.962500, -093.643889 | USGS | |
Richland Branch | stream | 30.962500, -093.643889 | USGS | |
Rock Creek | stream | 31.151389, -093.855000 | USGS | |
Round Lake | lake | 31.026389, -093.519722 | USGS | |
Royal Creek | stream | 31.060833, -093.676111 | USGS | |
Ruliff | pop place | 30.273889, -093.732500 | Located 1.5 miles southeast of Deweyville, Texas, on the Kansas City Southern railroad in the southeastern corner of Newton County. Ruliff became a station on the Texarkana and Fort Smith railroad when its tracks were laid into southeastern Newton County in 1898. A post office operated at Ruliff at two separate times. The first opened in 1899 with Henry C. Braddock as postmaster and it closed in 1908. A second post office operated at Ruliff from 1921 until 1928, when it was moved to Deweyville. Although the population of Ruliff was reported at 100 during the 1920s, the number declined to 40 in the mid-1940s. Only one business was open in the 1947. In the 1980s Ruliff, Texas, was a collection of widely-scattered buildings on the road to Deweyville and along the railroad tracks toward the Sabine River. No population for the community was given in 1998-1999 Texas Almanac. Sources: State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, General Highway Map of Newton County, Texas, revised 01 Jan 1987; Robert Wooster, "Ruliff, Texas," in The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 5 (Austin: TSHA, 1996), 712; Charles P. Zlatkovich, Texas Railroads: A Record of Construction and Abandonment (Austin: UT and TSHA, 1981), 76, 88; Charles Deaton, Texas Postal History Handbook (Houston: by author, 1980), 137, 218; 1947-1948 Texas Almanac, 146. | Julia Cauble Smith cauble@apex2000.net |
Runyon Hills | range | 31.075000, -093.549444 | USGS | |
Saint Johns Cemetery | cemetery | 30.930000, -093.626944 | USGS | |
Saint Johns Cemetery | cemetery | 30.930000, -093.626944 | USGS | |
Saint Luke Church | church | 30.972500, -093.680000 | USGS | |
Saint Luke Church | church | 30.972500, -093.680000 | USGS | |
Salem | pop place | 30.542222, -093.767778 | USGS | |
Sand Branch | stream | 31.167222, -093.590833 | USGS | |
Sand Hills | summit | 31.175278, -093.641389 | USGS | |
Sandjack | pop place | 30.639444, -093.707500 | USGS | |
Scott Cemetery | cemetery | 31.162222, -093.571944 | USGS | |
Scrappin Valley Airport | airport | 31.121667, -093.802778 | USGS | |
Scrapping Valley | pop place | 31.153611, -093.858333 | USGS | |
Second Branch McGraw Creek | stream | 31.074444, -093.663056 | USGS | |
Shanklerville | pop place | 30.970000, -093.706667 | USGS | |
Shepherds Branch | stream | 30.387222, -093.873333 | USGS | |
Sibo Brake | swamp | 31.040833, -093.548333 | USGS | |
Sime Lake | lake | 30.608889, -093.689444 | USGS | |
Simmons Cemetery | cemetery | 30.950278, -093.649444 | USGS | |
Simmons Cemetery | cemetery | 30.950278, -093.649444 | USGS | |
Simmonsville | pop place | 30.960278, -093.632222 | USGS | |
Simms Branch | stream | 30.532778, -093.734167 | USGS | |
Slaydons Creek | stream | 30.470833, -093.713056 | USGS | |
Slaydons Slough | gut | 30.490278, -093.738611 | USGS | |
Snider Bend | bend | 30.585556, -093.690833 | USGS | |
South Prong Indian Creek | stream | 31.129167, -093.615833 | USGS | |
Spears Chapel | church | 30.975833, -093.602778 | USGS | |
Spring Branch | stream | 30.466389, -093.853611 | USGS | |
Stamps Branch | stream | 30.515833, -093.825000 | USGS | |
Stark Cemetery | cemetery | 30.716389, -093.618056 | USGS | |
Starks Branch | stream | 31.070278, -093.661944 | USGS | |
Stringtown | pop place | 30.907778, -093.625000 | USGS | |
Survey School | school | 31.086389, -093.719444 | USGS | |
Sutton Creek | stream | 31.156944, -093.547778 | USGS | |
Swindler Creek | stream | 30.958333, -093.598611 | USGS | |
Sycamore Church | church | 31.043333, -093.590000 | USGS | |
Tanner Cemetery | cemetery | 31.004444, -093.652778 | USGS | |
Taylor Bend | bend | 30.520278, -093.708889 | USGS | |
Thickety Creek | stream | 30.697500, -093.813611 | USGS | |
Third Branch McGraw Creek | stream | 31.079167, -093.663611 | USGS | |
Threemile Branch | stream | 30.781944, -093.679722 | USGS | |
Toledo | pop place | 31.174167, -093.561111 | USGS | |
Toledo Cemetery | cemetery | 31.175278, -093.563056 | USGS | |
Trout Creek | pop place | 30.617222, -093.809167 | USGS | |
Trout Creek | stream | 30.609167, -093.794722 | USGS | |
Twin Hills | summit | 31.117778, -093.829444 | USGS | |
Underwood Creek | stream | 30.838889, -093.647778 | USGS | |
Union Church | church | 30.870278, -093.717222 | USGS | |
Union Church | church | 30.873889, -093.616944 | USGS | |
Watering Branch | stream | 31.133889, -093.723333 | USGS | |
Watson Chapel | church | 30.677222, -093.812222 | USGS | |
Weaver Cemetery | cemetery | 31.138889, -093.730000 | USGS | |
Weeks Chapel | church | 31.030833, -093.864167 | USGS | |
Weeks Settlement | pop place | 31.085556, -093.838056 | USGS | |
Wells Cemetery | cemetery | 31.072222, -093.786667 | USGS | |
West Bethlehem Church | church | 30.783056, -093.641667 | USGS | |
West Branch White Oak Creek | stream | 30.754167, -093.832778 | USGS | |
West Prong Indian Creek | stream | 31.143611, -093.619167 | USGS | |
Wet Hurricane Creek | stream | 31.152222, -093.814722 | USGS | |
White Oak Creek | stream | 30.678056, -093.795278 | USGS | |
Whitman Branch | stream | 30.651667, -093.824444 | USGS | |
Whitman Cemetery | cemetery | 30.694444, -093.659167 | USGS | |
Whitmans Ferry (historical) | crossing | 30.593333, -093.678889 | USGS | |
Wiergate | pop place | 30.999444, -093.707500 | USGS | |
Wilkinson Cemetery | cemetery | 30.767222, -093.815278 | USGS | |
Wilson Cemetery | cemetery | 30.681111, -093.768611 | USGS | |
Wood Lake | lake | 31.009722, -093.556944 | USGS | |
Woodville School | school | 30.849722, -093.825556 | USGS | |
Wright Cemetery | cemetery | 30.444722, -093.867222 | USGS | |
Yellow Bayou | stream | 30.969444, -093.618889 | USGS | |
Yellow Lake | lake | 31.103611, -093.550278 | USGS |