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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 Earlywine (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 Earlywine. 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.

Earlywine is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes & Lee.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Earlywine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Whitman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Chappell Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brenham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brenham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
    • Independence
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gay Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
    • Quarry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Quarry is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
    • Wesley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Rehburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rehburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
    • Greenvine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
    • Burton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • New Wehdem
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • New Wehdem is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Kenney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Buckhorn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Bleiblerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Industry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shelby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Millheim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • New Ulm
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cat Spring
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Allen Farm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Navasota
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Millican
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wellborn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • College Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Burleson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Clay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Scofield ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Scofield is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Somerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Merle ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Merle is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
    • Lyons
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Snook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Birch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Birch is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
    • Frenstat
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Frenstat is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
    • Tunis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunis is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Deanville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
    • Frelsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Carmine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Haw Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Haw Creek is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
    • Round Top
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Roznov
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Roznov is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roznov
    • Warrenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ledbetter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Fayetteville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Walhalla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Walhalla is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Stoneham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Anderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plantersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Todd Mission
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Apolonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Waller
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hockley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Earlywine, with the one closest to Earlywine listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Hempstead
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Island
      (20 miles [32.2 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
    • Prairie View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Store
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
    • Clemons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons

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

Cemeteries Near Earlywine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Earlywine.

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

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

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

  • Burch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Coplyn Spring Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Whitfield Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Willingham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cress Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Campground Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brenham Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham Masonic Cemetery
    • The Brenham Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Yellow Fever Cemetery
  • Continue List   (244 more) ...
    • Camptown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Baptist Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chappell Hill Masonic Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<2>

While we didn't find Earlywine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Earlywine.

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

  • Whitman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitman is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Brenham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brenham is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
  • William Penn ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • William Penn is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn
  • Independence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Phillipsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Sempronius ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sempronius is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Graball ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Graball is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
  • Mill Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mill Creek is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
  • Kenney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Washington ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gay Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
  • Clay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Buckhorn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Allen Farm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Quarry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Quarry is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry

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

Newspapers Published in Earlywine ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Earlywine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Earlywine, 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 Earlywine.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Earlywine:

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 Earlywine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Earlywine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.