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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 Bernardo (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 Bernardo. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Bernardo is located in Colorado County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colorado County: Austin, Fayette, Lavaca & Wharton.

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

  • Colorado County     (The home county of Bernardo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Alleyton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Columbus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Frelsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
    • Eagle Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Glidden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hillcrest is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Altair
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
    • Matthews
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Matthews is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
    • Boedecker Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Boedecker Junction is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boedecker Junction
    • Rock Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Borden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Cat Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rexville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Rexville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
    • New Ulm
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Millheim
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • Sealy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Industry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • San Felipe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bleiblerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Frydek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Frydek is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
    • Brazos Country
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Kenney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • New Wehdem
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • New Wehdem is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Fayetteville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellinger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Haw Creek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Haw Creek is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
    • Roznov
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Roznov is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roznov
    • Halsted
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Halsted is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsted
    • Joiner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Joiner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
    • Warrenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Round Top
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rutersville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutersville
    • Walhalla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Walhalla is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla
    • La Grange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Simonton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Weston Lakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
    • Orchard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulshear
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Powell Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Powell Point is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Point
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Clemons
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Pattison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Brookshire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Paul
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Hempstead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Wesley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Greenvine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
    • Chappell Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Brenham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Brenham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
    • La Bahia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • La Bahia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bernardo, with the one closest to Bernardo listed first.
    • Lissie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Nottawa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nottawa is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
    • Bonus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bonus is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
    • East Bernard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Egypt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Glen Flora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Bernardo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bernardo.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bernardo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Kellner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Johse Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gaedecker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Reichardt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bretschneider Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Himley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hinks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Grewe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexican Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (232 more) ...
    • Sommerlotte Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Kansteiner Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Adams Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Mentz
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mentz is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentz
  • Alleyton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ramsey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
  • Cat Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • New Ulm
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Millheim
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Millheim is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
  • Glidden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Eagle Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Frelsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
  • Altair
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sealy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Peters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Peters is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Nelsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Nelsonville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
    • Bellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Bernardo ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bernardo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bernardo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bernardo.

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 helpful 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 Bernardo:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bernardo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bernardo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.