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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 Allen Farm (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 Allen Farm. 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 Allen Farm ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Allenfarm.

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.

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 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.

Allen Farm is located in Brazos 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 Brazos County: Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson & Washington.

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

  • Brazos County     (The home county of Allen Farm)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allen Farm, with the one closest to Allen Farm listed first.
    • Millican
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Navasota
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navasota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navasota
      • Navasota is located in Brazos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,374 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Navasota <1>
    • Wellborn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • College Station
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Boonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bryan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Stone City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
    • Wixon Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wixon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Kurten
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
    • Tabor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allen Farm, with the one closest to Allen Farm listed first.
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sempronius have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
    • New Wehdem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Kenney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenney
      • Kenney is located in Austin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenney <1>
    • Buckhorn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bleiblerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bleiblerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleiblerville
      • Bleiblerville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bleiblerville <1>
  • Burleson County
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allen Farm, with the one closest to Allen Farm listed first.
    • Anderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Anderson is located in Grimes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
    • Stoneham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Apolonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Apolonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
      • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Apolonia
      • From Allen Farm to Apolonia
    • Roans Prairie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roans Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roans Prairie
      • Roans Prairie is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roans Prairie <1>
    • Plantersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
      • Plantersville is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plantersville <1>
    • Richards
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richards have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
      • Richards is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richards <1>
    • Shiro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Todd Mission
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Iola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Iola is located in Grimes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iola <1>
  • Harris County
  • Montgomery County
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allen Farm, with the one closest to Allen Farm listed first.
    • Benchley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
    • Mumford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
      • Mumford is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mumford <1>
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allen Farm, with the one closest to Allen Farm listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
    • Hempstead
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Store
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
      • Prairie View is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie View <1>
    • Pine Island
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
  • Washington County

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

Cemeteries Near Allen Farm ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allen Farm.

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 Allen Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Cox Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Summers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Summers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Summers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Millican Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millican Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millican Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weaver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sand Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Independence Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Independence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Independence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Botts Ferry Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Botts Ferry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Botts Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (217 more) ...
    • Evans Prairie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Prairie Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Peach Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peach Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peach Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Tennyson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tennyson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tennyson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Allen Farm had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Millican
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • William Penn ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for William Penn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn
    • William Penn is located in Washington County
  • Clay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Clay is located in Burleson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <1>
  • Washington ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Independence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Navasota
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navasota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navasota
    • Navasota is located in Brazos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,374 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Navasota <1>
  • Wellborn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Whitman is located in Washington County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Whitman
    • From Allen Farm to Whitman
  • Graball ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graball have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Graball is located in Washington County
  • Merle ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Merle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
    • Merle is located in Burleson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Merle
    • From Allen Farm to Merle
  • Courtney
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
    • Courtney is located in Grimes County
  • College Station
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Allen Farm ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allen Farm.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allen Farm, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allen Farm.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Allen Farm:

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

The official website for Brazos County: www.co.brazos.tx.us/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Allen Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allen Farm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allen Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4000, Longitude: -96.2412    









 

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