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 Dale (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 Dale. 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.
Dale is located in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County: Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Dale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dale:
- Caldwell County (The home county of Dale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Saint Johns Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Taylorsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Elm Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- McMahan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McMahan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
- Pettytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Lytton Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Lockhart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seawillow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
- Tilmon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- Mendoza
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Brownsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Niederwald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Bateman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mustang Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Wyldwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Rosanky
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jeddo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Upton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Upton is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Hills Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Bastrop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Togo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Togo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
- Kovar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kovar is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
- Comal County
- Hunter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Cistern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Stellar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stellar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
- Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Kirtley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kirtley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
- Muldoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gonzales County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Harwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Ottine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waelder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gonzales
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Staples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Weinert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
- Galle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Kingsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Barbarosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Geronimo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lauback
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Goforth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Buda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flatrock Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Mountain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Hays
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- San Marcos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Elroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Elroy is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Creedmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Garfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Pilot Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Onion Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Del Valle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Webberville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Manchaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- San Leanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- San Leanna is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Tanglewood Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
- Shady Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dale, see our County-by-County Page for Dale.
Cemeteries Near Dale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dale.
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 Dale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Dale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bunton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fleming Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jeffrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jefrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Bateman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lytton Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- San Pablo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dale had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dale, with the one closest to Dale listed first.
- Taylorsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Lockhart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lytton Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tilmon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- Cedar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Delhi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- String Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
- Maxwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Creedmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goforth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Carl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Reedville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Martindale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie Lea
(17 miles [27.4 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 Dale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dale.
Newspapers Published in Dale ...
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 284 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dale, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dale.
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 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 Dale:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Caldwell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Comal County
- Fayette County
- Gonzales County
- Guadalupe County
- Hays County
- Travis 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> | 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 Dale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Dale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |