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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 Cost (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 Cost. 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 and doctors 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.

Cost is located in Gonzales 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 Gonzales County: Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca & Wilson.

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

  • Gonzales County     (The home county of Cost)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Summerville is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Wrightsboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Monthalia ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
    • Oak Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
    • Gonzales
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bebe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
    • Ottine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Belmont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cheapside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
    • Smiley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bastrop County
    • Jeddo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Luling
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • McNeil
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • McNeil is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
    • Soda Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
    • Stairtown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
    • Brownsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Joliet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Joliet is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
    • Tilmon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
    • Prairie Lea
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
    • Fentress
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Delhi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Delhi is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Seawillow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Hochheim
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Westhoff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Pearl City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
    • Edgar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Yoakum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuero
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayette County
    • Flatonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Kingsbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dugger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Dugger is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger
    • Jakes Colony
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jakes Colony is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Colony
    • Weinert
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
    • Seguin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Seguin is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seguin <1>
    • Lauback
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
    • Geronimo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Staples
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrison Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Morrison Falls is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Falls
    • Olmos ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Olmos is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmos
    • Sweet Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sweet Home is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Zipp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Zipp is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipp
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Gillett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ecleto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Shiner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Moulton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweet Home
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Wied
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Komensky
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cost, with the one closest to Cost listed first.
    • Union
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Union is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Pandora
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nockenut
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Nockenut is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nockenut
    • Caddo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Caddo is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
    • Alum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Alum is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
    • Denhawken
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Denhawken is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhawken
    • Stockdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cost ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cost.

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

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

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

  • Oso Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pecan Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Storey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hodge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Watson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • DeWitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Randle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (166 more) ...
    • Ellis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Brazil Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Brazil Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Brazil Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gonzales.
      • The Camp Brazil Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Woodmen of the World Spanish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2718 <2>
    • Princeville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Wrightsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
  • Gonzales
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Slayden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Slayden is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
  • Hamon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
  • Belmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Smiley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheapside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
  • Leesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kokernot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
  • Harwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hochheim
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Westhoff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Luling
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork

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

Newspapers Published in Cost ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cost.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cost, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cost.

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 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 Cost:

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 Cost, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.