This map is great for dividing Texas into county areas for purposes of the lists. And if you know which area you are looking for, it may work great. I grew up in what is considered North Central Texas (a line down from the panhandle area of Texas where it meets the Red River back to Dallas.) However, this map has the county where I grew up (my family has owned land here since 1878) listed as being part of the Panhandle area of Texas. Not so! Most Texans (born, raised, and still living here) consider anything from a line through Dallas, and east to be EAST TEXAS. Anything west of Dallas, is considered to be WEST TEXAS. Fort Worth, Tx. is supposed to be where the West began in Texas. These areas were then divided into areas of North, South, and Central in either East, Central, or West. The EAST TEXAS mailing list has been and, I am sure, will continue to be a great list about answering any and all questions about Texas which are sent to them. The WONDERFUL people on this list don't seem to care one way or the other whether your county is considered east Texas or not. Hoo-ray for them! If you have a specific question about a county, just ask. Someone will answer about where, according to a TEXAN, this county is located. Texas is so B-I-G that it is not looked at the same as many other states. Each person who was born and raised here has an opinion about where they were born and raised. Bobbie jmautrey wrote: > > This map is great, thanks for giving the information to us. However, it > really doesn't answer answer the question as to what counties are considered > to be part of "East Texas", the counties included in the coverage of the > East-Texas-Roots list. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/map/txregion.htm > > The top section on the Texas Map is divided into sections: the top east > section is called > Counties in the north eastern region of Texas and the following counties are > included in it. > > Counties in the north eastern region of Texas > 33 Anderson County > 5 Bowie County > 19 Camp County > 13 Cass County > 34 Cherokee County > 6 Collin County > 14 Dallas County > 8 Delta County > 25 Ellis County > 2 Fannin County > 10 Franklin County > 32 Freestone County > 1 Grayson County > 23 Gregg County > 22 Harrison County > 27 Henderson County > 9 Hopkins County > 38 Houston County > 7 Hunt County > 15 Kaufman County > 3 Lamar County > 37 Leon County > 31 Limestone County > 39 Madison County > 21 Marion County > 12 Morris County > 35 Nacagdoches County (shouldn't this be spelled "Nacogdoches"? > 26 Navarro County > 30 Panola County > 17 Rains County > 4 Red River County > 24 Rockwall County > 29 Rusk County > 36 Shelby County > 28 Smith County > 11 Titus County > 20 Upshur County > 16 Van Zandt County > 18 Wood County > > To click on the section below the above region, we find: > Counties in the Southeastern Region of Texas and includes these counties: > > 8 Angelina County > 21 Austin County > 1 Bastrop County > 32 Brazoria County > 4 Brazos County > 3 Burleson County > 30 Calhoun County > 34 Chambers County > 20 Colorado County > 11 Fayette County > 26 Fort Bend County > 33 Galveston County > 5 Grimes County > 29 Hardin County > 27 Harris County > 24 Jackson County > 17 Jasper County > 35 Jefferson County > 19 Lavaca County > 2 Lee County > 28 Liberty County > 31 Matagorda County > 13 Montgomery County > 18 Newton County > 36 Orange County > 15 Polk County > 10 Sabine County > 9 San Augustine County > 14 San Jacinto County > 7 Trinity County > 16 Tyler County > 23 Victoria County > 6 Walker County > 22 Waller County > 12 Washington County > 25 Wharton County > > However, some people consider "East Texas " an area of it's own, the > boundary is undefined by most, but most likely a combined area to create > from the Red River south to the Gulf. Some purists consider East Texas to > be somewhere below Bowie County but before you get to the coast and doesn't > start until you get well past Dallas to the east... > > I was more than surprised to discover Dallas, according to this map, is > included in the "north east" region of Texas when by all other counts we are > in the North Central region. > > So, I guess the answer to the question of "where is East Texas" depends on > where you think it is, all counties are covered, whether it be "north east, > east, or southeast Texas or somewhere in the middle of the North east and > Southeast.:) > > I'm just glad to have a list available to cover such a varied area for all > researchers.. > > Jo Autrey > jmautrey@email.msn.com > > ----- Original Message ---- > > Sharon Church wrote: > > > > > > Would you please post the names of the counties considered to be in > > > East Texas? or a description of the boundries, like from Titus county > > > on the west to Bowie on the east, to Panola on the south. > > > Something like that. > > > Thanks, > > > Sharon Church > > > > -- > > Southwest/South Central CC Representative, USGenWeb Advisory Board > > Personal page http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/gmayfield/index.html > > TX Tombstone Project Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Texas/ > > Texas Surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/txsurnames.html > > Panola County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpanola/ > > Rusk County TX USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm > >