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 Glaze City (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 Glaze City. 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 doctors 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.
Glaze City 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 Glaze City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glaze City:
- Gonzales County (The home county of Glaze City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Kokernot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Hamon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Gonzales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cheapside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Summerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Cost
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cost is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
- Wrightsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Waelder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monthalia ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
- Sandy Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Bebe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bastrop County
- Jeddo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- McNeil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Luling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Delhi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Colorado County
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Hochheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pearl City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Yoakum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Westhoff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Terryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Cuero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Thomaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Flatonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Praha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Engle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Cistern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Schulenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Freyburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freyburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
- Lavaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Shiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sweet Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wied
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Moulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Komensky
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Breslau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Hallettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moravia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Ezzell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Gleckler
(26 miles [41.8 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 Glaze City, see our County-by-County Page for Glaze City.
Cemeteries Near Glaze City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glaze City.
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 Glaze City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glaze City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sons of Hermann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
- San Pedro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dilworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gates Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shiner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Terrysville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Enon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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.
- Bunjus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ruppert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Restland Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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.
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 Glaze City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glaze City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glaze City, with the one closest to Glaze City listed first.
- Kokernot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Hamon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Hochheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cheapside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Concrete
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Concrete is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Yoakum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nickel is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
- Gonzales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edgar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Wied
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Witting
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
- Wrightsboro
(16 miles [25.7 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 Glaze City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glaze City.
Newspapers Published in Glaze City ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glaze City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glaze City, 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 Glaze City.
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 Glaze City:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Gonzales County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Caldwell County
- Colorado 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glaze City) 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 Glaze City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |