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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 Ammannsville (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 Ammannsville. 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 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.

Ammannsville is located in Fayette 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 Fayette County: Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee & Washington.

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

  • Fayette County     (The home county of Ammannsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dubina. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
    • Hostyn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
      • Hostyn is located in Fayette County
    • Freyburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freyburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Schulenburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • La Grange
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Joiner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joiner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
      • Joiner is located in Fayette County
    • Ellinger
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Halsted
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsted
      • Halsted is located in Fayette County
    • Rutersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutersville
      • Rutersville is located in Fayette County
    • Plum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
      • Plum is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <2>
    • Engle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Muldoon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fayetteville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayetteville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
      • Fayetteville is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayetteville <2>
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Shelby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shelby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
    • New Ulm
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Industry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Industry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
      • Industry is located in Austin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Industry <2>
    • Bleiblerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bleiblerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Kovar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
      • Kovar is located in Bastrop County
    • Smithville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
      • Smithville is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <2>
    • Togo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
      • Togo is located in Bastrop County
    • Jeddo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jeddo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
    • Rosanky
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Upton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Upton is located in Bastrop County
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Weimar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Borden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Bielau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
    • Oakland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hillcrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Hillcrest is located in Colorado County
    • Glidden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glidden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
      • Glidden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glidden <2>
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pisek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
    • Columbus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Frelsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
    • Alleyton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sheridan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
      • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
    • Altair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altair
      • Altair is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altair <2>
  • Gonzales County
    • Waelder
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hackberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Moravia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Komensky
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Breslau
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Sublime
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Moulton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallettsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Wied
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wied. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • Serbin ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbin
      • Serbin is located in Lee County
    • Giddings
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammannsville, with the one closest to Ammannsville listed first.
    • La Bahia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
      • La Bahia is located in Washington County
    • Greenvine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenvine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
    • Wesley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
      • Wesley is located in Washington County

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

Cemeteries Near Ammannsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ammannsville.

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

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

  • Williams Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dubina / St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dubina / St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dubina / St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dubina.
    • The Dubina / St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dubina Cemetery
    • St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1746407 <4>
  • Bictner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bictner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bictner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brandt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brandt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brandt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kaase Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kaase Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kaase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shaw Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old High Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old High Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old High Hill Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the southeast of Schulenburg.
    • The Old High Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • High Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5765 <4>
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Black Jack Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (189 more) ...
    • Boeer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boeer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boeer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hill Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • La Grange Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Grange Cemetery
      • The La Grange Cemetery has also been known as:
      • La Grange City Cemetery
      • New City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #356745 <4>

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ammannsville had a population of 111 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Swiss Alp
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiss Alp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Alp
    • Swiss Alp is located in Fayette County
  • Dubina ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dubina. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Dubina is located in Fayette County
  • Freyburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freyburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
    • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
  • High Hill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Fayette County
  • O'Quinn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Quinn
    • O'Quinn is located in Fayette County
  • Joiner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joiner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
    • Joiner is located in Fayette County
  • La Grange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ellinger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Engle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
    • Engle is located in Fayette County
  • Borden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Borden is located in Colorado County
  • Plum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
    • Plum is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <2>
  • Rutersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutersville
    • Rutersville is located in Fayette County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Muldoon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Gleckler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleckler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
      • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
    • Oakland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Ammannsville ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ammannsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ammannsville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ammannsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ammannsville:

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

The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ammannsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ammannsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7891, Longitude: -96.8586       In this case, the coordinates for Ammannsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Ammannsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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