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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 Bremond (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 Bremond. 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 doctors and 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.

Bremond is located in Robertson 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 Robertson County: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison & Milam.

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

  • Robertson County     (The home county of Bremond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bremond, with the one closest to Bremond listed first.
    • Hammond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammond
      • From Bremond to Hammond
    • Owensville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Calvert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Franklin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Robertson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,643 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
    • Elliot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elliot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elliot
      • From Bremond to Elliot
    • New Baden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Seale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Seale
      • From Bremond to Seale
    • Hearne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <2>
    • Wheelock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mumford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bremond, with the one closest to Bremond listed first.
    • Meeks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
      • Meeks is located in Bell County
    • Ocker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
      • Ocker is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ocker
      • From Bremond to Ocker
    • Cyclone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cyclone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
      • Cyclone is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cyclone
      • From Bremond to Cyclone
  • Brazos County
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bremond, with the one closest to Bremond listed first.
    • Reagan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reagan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
      • Reagan is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reagan <2>
    • Highbank
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Stranger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Wilderville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilderville
      • From Bremond to Wilderville
    • Marlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosebud
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Otto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
      • Otto is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otto <2>
    • Lott
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lott
      • Lott is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lott <2>
    • Perry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zipperlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
      • Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
      • Zipperlandville has also been known as:
      • Zipperlen
      • Zipperlenville
    • Satin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satin
      • Satin is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satin <2>
    • Chilton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Westphalia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westphalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
      • Westphalia is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westphalia
      • From Bremond to Westphalia
  • Leon County
  • Limestone County
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bremond, with the one closest to Bremond listed first.
    • Riesel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riesel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riesel
      • Riesel is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riesel <2>
    • Mart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
      • Mart is located in McLennan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <2>
    • Downsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Downsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
      • Downsville is located in McLennan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Downsville
      • From Bremond to Downsville
    • Rosenthal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Milam County

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

Cemeteries Near Bremond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bremond.

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

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

  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bremond Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bremond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bremond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harper Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cloverleaf Rest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cloverleaf Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cloverleaf Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glade Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tidwell Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mustang Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Waite Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Facieo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Facieo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Facieo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (228 more) ...
    • Cotton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cotton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cotton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Beck Prairie Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beck Prairie Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beck Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Williams Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Bremond had a population of 387 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bremond had a population of 962 people.

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

  • Hammond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Hammond is located in Robertson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hammond
    • From Bremond to Hammond
  • Nesbitt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nesbitt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
    • Nesbitt is located in Robertson County
  • Reagan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reagan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
    • Reagan is located in Falls County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reagan <2>
  • Petteway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petteway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petteway
    • Petteway is located in Robertson County
  • Kosse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Baileyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stranger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Wilderville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
    • Wilderville is located in Falls County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wilderville
    • From Bremond to Wilderville
  • Headsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Headsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
    • Headsville is located in Robertson County
  • Calvert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in Robertson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,643 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
  • Bald Prairie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elliot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elliot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elliot
      • From Bremond to Elliot
    • McClanahan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClanahan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
      • McClanahan is located in Falls County
    • Jones Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Bremond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bremond.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bremond ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bremond.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bremond. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bremond and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bremond.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6> of Bremond.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bremond:

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

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>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 Bremond, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bremond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bremond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1664, Longitude: -96.6755    









 

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