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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 Easterly (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 Easterly. 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 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.

Easterly is located in Robertson 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 Robertson County: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison & Milam.

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

  • Robertson County     (The home county of Easterly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • New Baden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bald Prairie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Franklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Owensville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Owensville is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
    • Seale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Wheelock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Elliot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
    • Bremond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Calvert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hearne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <1>
    • Hammond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Benchley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Edge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
    • Tabor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Kurten
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Wixon Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Bryan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bryan is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
    • Boonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Reagan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Stranger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
    • Highbank
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Highbank is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
    • Wilderville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
  • Freestone County
  • Grimes County
    • Iola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Marquez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wealthy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Flynn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Normangee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Newby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
    • Jewett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Kosse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kosse is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
    • Thornton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Farrar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Farrar is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
    • Lost Prairie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
    • Personville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Personville is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
    • Groesbeck
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • George
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • North Zulch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
    • Madisonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Easterly, with the one closest to Easterly listed first.
    • Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
    • Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Crossroads is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Branchville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Branchville is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
    • Baileyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Baileyville is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
    • Jones Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
    • Gause
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Easterly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Easterly.

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

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

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

  • Easterly Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hoxie Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • New Baden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kaster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Camp Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Boone Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • James Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Owensville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cazy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Greer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (210 more) ...
    • Brushy Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bateman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Winn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • New Baden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bald Prairie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Petteway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Petteway is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petteway
  • Marquez
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Headsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Headsville is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
  • Nesbitt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Nesbitt is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
  • Wheelock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Seale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
  • Elliot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Concord
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oletha
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Oletha is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oletha
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bremond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Calvert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hearne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Easterly ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Easterly.

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

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 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 Easterly:

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 Easterly, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Easterly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.