Our Genealogy Helper
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 Cawthon (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 Cawthon. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cawthon is located in Brazos 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 Brazos County: Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Cawthon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cawthon:
- Brazos County (The home county of Cawthon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Allen Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
- Millican
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wellborn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Navasota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- College Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Boonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boonville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stone City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Wixon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Kurten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rye ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Tabor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- New Wehdem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Wehdem is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
- Sempronius ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sempronius is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Buckhorn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Kenney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bleiblerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burleson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scofield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Scofield is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Merle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Snook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tunis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cooks Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Frenstat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Birch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Caldwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Deanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grimes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Apolonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Apolonia is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
- Stoneham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Roans Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plantersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shiro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Iola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Todd Mission
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Bedias
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Dacus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dacus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
- Dobbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Benchley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Mumford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Saint Paul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Hempstead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
- Prairie View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Washington ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whitman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Graball ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Quarry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Gay Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gay Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
- Chappell Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brenham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rehburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenvine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenvine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
- Wesley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- La Bahia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Bahia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cawthon, see our County-by-County Page for Cawthon.
Cemeteries Near Cawthon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cawthon.
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 Cawthon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cawthon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Millican Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peach Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Botts Ferry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- The Oakland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Navasota City Cemetery
- Rest Haven Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5675 <2>
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Independence Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tennyson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Cawthon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cawthon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cawthon, with the one closest to Cawthon listed first.
- Allen Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
- Millican
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- William Penn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- William Penn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn
- Washington ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wellborn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Navasota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whitman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whitman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Graball ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Merle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- College Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Courtney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Courtney is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harvey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harvey is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cawthon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cawthon.
Newspapers Published in Cawthon ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cawthon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cawthon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cawthon.
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 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 Cawthon:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Brazos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Burleson County
- Grimes County
- Montgomery County
- Robertson County
- Waller County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cawthon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cawthon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |