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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 Birome (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 Birome. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Birome is located in Hill 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 Hill County: Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Limestone, McLennan & Navarro.

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

  • Hill County     (The home county of Birome)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Penelope
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Calm
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Malone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Abbott
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hubbard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bynum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Chatt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
    • Irene
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Aquilla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Brandon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hillsboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Mertens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Greenock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Laguna Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cayote
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Italy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Avalon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Otto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Perry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Freestone County
    • Wortham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Delia ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Delia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
    • Watt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Watt is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
    • Prairie Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coolidge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Frosa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
    • Kirk
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kirk is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Tehuacana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Ben Hur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Mexia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <1>
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Tours
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tours is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
    • Leroy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • West is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
    • Axtell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ross
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ross is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
    • Elm Mott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Elk is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
    • Northcrest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
    • Lacy - Lakeview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
    • Bellmead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gholson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • Battle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Battle is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Birome, with the one closest to Birome listed first.
    • Dawson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Spring Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Hill is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Navarro Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Navarro Mills is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro Mills
    • Frost
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver City is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Dresden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dresden is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
    • Purdon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Blooming Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pursley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Pursley is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
    • Barry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cryer Creek ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cryer Creek is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cryer Creek
    • Oak Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Valley is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people

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

Cemeteries Near Birome ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birome.

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 Birome - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mesquite Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tabola Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Czech National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • George Newton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Penelope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Calm Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Martins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Martins Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Martins Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Tours.
    • The St. Martins Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Martin of Tours Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6611 <3>
  • Burross Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Liberty Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clausner Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • TK Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bell Springs Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Calm Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Birome in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birome.

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

  • Mount Calm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • West
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • West is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <1>
  • Abbott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hubbard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ross
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ross is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
  • Axtell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bynum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Elm Mott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Irene
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Vaughan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vaughan is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
  • Dawson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Emmett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Emmett is located in Navarro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
    • Aquilla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Gholson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people

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

Newspapers Published in Birome ...

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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birome.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birome, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birome.

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 Birome:

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- Birome) 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 Birome, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.