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 Dreyer (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 Dreyer. 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 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.
Dreyer 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 Dreyer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dreyer:
- Gonzales County (The home county of Dreyer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Glaze City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
- Kokernot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Hamon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Cheapside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Gonzales
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cost
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cost is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
- Wrightsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Monthalia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
- Bebe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Smiley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bastrop County
- Jeddo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Caldwell County
- McNeil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Hochheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pearl City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Yoakum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edgar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Westhoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Cuero
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thomaston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meyersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Flatonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Praha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Engle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Lavaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Shiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wied
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Moulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Breslau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Komensky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hallettsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ezzell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Moravia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Gleckler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dreyer, see our County-by-County Page for Dreyer.
Cemeteries Near Dreyer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dreyer.
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 Dreyer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dreyer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sons of Hermann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sons of Hermann Cemetery
- The Sons of Hermann Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hochheim Prairie Cemetery
- Sons of Herman Cemetery
- Sons of Hermann / Hochheim Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7008 <2>
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shiner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gates Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Enon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Enon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Enon Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south of Gonzales.
- Ruppert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leissner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nelms Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Restland Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Memorial Park is located outside and to the north of Yoakum.
- Continue List (152 more) ...
- Terrysville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Teppim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Dreyer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dreyer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dreyer, with the one closest to Dreyer listed first.
- Hochheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kokernot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Hamon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Shiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concrete
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Concrete is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Cheapside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Yoakum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edgar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Sweet Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wied
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nickel is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
- Gonzales
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Westhoff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stratton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stratton is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Witting
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dreyer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dreyer.
Newspapers Published in Dreyer ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dreyer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dreyer, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dreyer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Dreyer:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Gonzales County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Caldwell County
- DeWitt County
- Fayette County
- Lavaca 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dreyer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Dreyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |