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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 Gillett (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 Gillett. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Gillett is located in Karnes County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Karnes County: Atascosa, Bee, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales & Wilson.

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

  • Karnes County     (The home county of Gillett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
    • Ecleto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ecleto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecleto
      • Ecleto is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecleto <2>
    • Pawelekville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawelekville
      • Pawelekville is located in Karnes County
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flaccus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
      • Flaccus is located in Karnes County
    • Helena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Karnes County
    • Panna Maria
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
    • Hobson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
      • Hobson is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobson <2>
    • Runge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runge
      • Runge is located in Karnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Runge <2>
    • Falls City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Karnes City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kenedy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Coy City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coy City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy City
      • Coy City is located in Karnes County
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
    • Nordheim
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordheim
      • Nordheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordheim <2>
    • Westhoff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Yorktown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuero
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Goliad County
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
    • Nixon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <2>
    • Smiley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dewville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewville
      • Dewville is located in Gonzales County
    • Leesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bebe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wrightsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
      • Wrightsboro is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrightsboro <2>
    • Cheapside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Monthalia ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monthalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
      • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
    • Cost
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cost have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
    • Belmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Oak Forest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Forest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
      • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
    • Jakes Colony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jakes Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Colony
      • Jakes Colony is located in Guadalupe County
    • Olmos ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmos
      • Olmos is located in Guadalupe County
    • Dugger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dugger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger
      • Dugger is located in Guadalupe County
    • Sweet Home
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Guadalupe County
    • New Berlin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
      • New Berlin is located in Guadalupe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillett, with the one closest to Gillett listed first.
    • Denhawken
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhawken
      • Denhawken is located in Wilson County
    • Pandora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kosciusko
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kosciusko have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosciusko
      • Kosciusko is located in Wilson County
    • Plummer Crossing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummer Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer Crossing
      • Plummer Crossing is located in Wilson County
    • Stockdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Union
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Union. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Wilson County
    • Caddo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
      • Caddo is located in Wilson County
    • Alum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
      • Alum is located in Wilson County
    • Sunnyside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in Wilson County
    • Nockenut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nockenut. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nockenut
      • Nockenut is located in Wilson County
    • Poth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
      • Poth is located in Wilson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <2>
    • Sutherland Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Gillett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gillett.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Treybig Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Treybig Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Treybig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Denhawken Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denhawken Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denhawken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salt Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salt Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salt Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Demmer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Demmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Demmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nixon Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • House Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the House Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the House Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Steel Branch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steel Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steel Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Latin American Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • White Rancho Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Rancho Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Rancho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Helena Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helena Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Helena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...
    • Sand Gate Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Gate Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Gate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Billings Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Smiley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<5>

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

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

  • Cestohowa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cestohowa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cestohowa
    • Cestohowa is located in Karnes County
  • Helena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Karnes County
  • Stockdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Panna Maria
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
  • Union
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Union. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Wilson County
  • Smiley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Nockenut
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nockenut. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nockenut
    • Nockenut is located in Wilson County
  • Karnes City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Runge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runge
    • Runge is located in Karnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Runge <2>
  • Yorktown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Westhoff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Leesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sutherland Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wrightsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
      • Wrightsboro is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrightsboro <2>
    • Floresville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Gillett ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gillett, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gillett.

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 Gillett:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gillett. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Gillett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Gillett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gillett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1283, Longitude: -97.7850       In this case, the coordinates for Gillett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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