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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 Adel (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 Adel. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Adel is located in Lavaca County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lavaca County: Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria & Wharton.

Below are the counties that are near Adel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adel:

  • Lavaca County     (The home county of Adel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adel, with the one closest to Adel listed first.
    • Shiner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sweet Home
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <1>
    • Wied
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
    • Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
    • Moulton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hallettsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Breslau
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Ezzell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
    • Komensky
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Moravia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Sublime
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
      • Sublime is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <1>
    • Speaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Colorado County
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adel, with the one closest to Adel listed first.
    • Yoakum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pearl City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
    • Hochheim
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hochheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
      • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <1>
    • Edgar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Terryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
    • Cuero
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Westhoff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Meyersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
      • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <1>
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adel, with the one closest to Adel listed first.
    • Praha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • Flatonia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Engle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Schulenburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Freyburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freyburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adel, with the one closest to Adel listed first.
    • Glaze City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glaze City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
      • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
    • Kokernot
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kokernot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
      • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Hamon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
    • Cheapside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Gonzales
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cost
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cost have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
    • Wrightsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
      • Wrightsboro is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrightsboro <1>
    • Waelder
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Oak Forest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
      • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
    • Sandy Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
    • Monthalia ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monthalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
      • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
    • Bebe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Smiley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • Morales
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
  • Victoria County

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

Newspapers Published in Adel ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adel, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adel.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Adel:

Cemeteries Near Adel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adel.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
  • Restland Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Memorial Park is located outside and to the north of Yoakum.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restland Memorial Park
  • Sons of Hermann Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Sons of Hermann Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hochheim Prairie Cemetery
    • Sons of Herman Cemetery
    • Sons of Hermann / Hochheim Prairie Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sons of Hermann Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7008 <4>
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • San Pedro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Pedro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Pedro Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Sweet Home City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home City Cemetery
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Teppim Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teppim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teppim Cemetery
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Peace Cemetery
  • Bunjus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunjus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunjus Cemetery
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...
    • Shiner Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiner Cemetery
    • Sweet Home Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home Cemetery
    • Pilot Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilot Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilot Grove Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Yoakum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shiner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Home
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <1>
  • Hochheim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hochheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
    • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <1>
  • Kokernot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kokernot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
    • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
  • Wied
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Wied is located in Lavaca County
  • Concrete
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concrete have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
    • Concrete is located in DeWitt County
  • Edgar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
  • Hamon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
    • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
  • Terryville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
  • Stratton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
    • Stratton is located in DeWitt County
  • Hope
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Lavaca County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Williamsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Lavaca County
    • Witting
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witting have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
      • Witting is located in Lavaca County
    • Cheapside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adel. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- Adel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3497, Longitude: -97.1730       In this case, the coordinates for Adel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Adel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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