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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bragg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bragg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bragg, please Contact Us.

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 Bragg (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 Bragg. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bragg is historic, it would have been located within present day Hardin 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 Hardin County: Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Polk & Tyler.

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

  • Hardin County     (The home county of Bragg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bragg, with the one closest to Bragg listed first.
    • Thicket
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Votaw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Saratoga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Village Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Batson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kountze
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sour Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grayburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Grayburg is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayburg
    • Pinewood Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinewood Estates is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Estates
    • Silsbee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Lumberton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Loeb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Loeb is located in Hardin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeb
  • Jasper County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bragg, with the one closest to Bragg listed first.
    • Bevil Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
    • Voth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Nome is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nome
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nome <2>
    • China
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • China is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <2>
    • Pine Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Island is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bragg, with the one closest to Bragg listed first.
    • Fuqua ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Fuqua is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuqua
    • Rye
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Big Thicket Creekmore Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Romayor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Coushatta Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Coushatta Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coushatta Village
    • Mariam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Mariam is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariam
    • Hull
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Africa ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Africa is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
    • Daisetta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hardin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rayburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Rayburn is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
    • Dayton Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton Lakes is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bragg, with the one closest to Bragg listed first.
    • Oak Shade
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Oak Shade is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
    • Dallardsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Schwab City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Schwab City is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
    • Indian Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
    • Goodrich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamont is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
    • Livingston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Swartout ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Swartout is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout
  • San Jacinto County
    • Shepherd
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Tyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bragg, with the one closest to Bragg listed first.
    • Warren
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivanhoe North
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
    • Hillister
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivanhoe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
    • Woodville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fred
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Doucette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Spurger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Bragg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bragg.

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

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

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

  • Griffin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Felps Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Middle Town Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Brackin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McNulty Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • William W. Hart Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Village Mills Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hank Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Fields Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Old Hardin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hardin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Hardin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Kountze.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1346999 <3>
  • Continue List   (70 more) ...
    • Olive Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fellowship Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Guedry Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.

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

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

  • Saratoga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Village Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hyatt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyatt is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
  • Dallardsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Kountze
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Warren
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Nona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Nona is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
  • Hillister
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sour Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Goodrich
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shepherd
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ames
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ames is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
    • Felicia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Felicia is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicia
    • Liberty
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Bragg ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bragg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bragg, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bragg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bragg:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bragg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bragg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.