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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 Golly (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 Golly. 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 hospitals and 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.

Golly is located in DeWitt 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 DeWitt County: Goliad, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca & Victoria.

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

  • DeWitt County     (The home county of Golly)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golly, with the one closest to Golly listed first.
    • Meyersville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
      • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <2>
    • Thomaston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuero
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Yorktown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Edgar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Terryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
    • Westhoff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordheim
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Yoakum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hochheim
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hochheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
      • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <2>
    • Pearl City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golly, with the one closest to Golly listed first.
    • Ander
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
    • Weser
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Kilgore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
    • Weesatche
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cologne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Fannin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Goliad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goliad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goliad
      • Goliad is located in Goliad County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goliad <2>
    • Angel City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
  • Gonzales County
    • Cheapside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golly, with the one closest to Golly listed first.
    • Runge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Ecleto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golly, with the one closest to Golly listed first.
    • Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
    • Sweet Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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 Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <2>
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golly, with the one closest to Golly listed first.
    • Nursery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Coletoville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
    • Oak Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
    • Victoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
    • Telferner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dacosta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
    • Inez
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
      • Inez is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <2>
    • Bloomington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <2>
    • McFaddin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Golly ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Golly.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Golly, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Golly.

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 helpful 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 Golly:

Cemeteries Near Golly ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Golly.

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 Golly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guadalupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guadalupe Cemetery
  • Ponteon San Isidro Labrador Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ponteon San Isidro Labrador Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ponteon San Isidro Labrador Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3684 <5>
  • Thomaston Community Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Captain York Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Captain York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Captain York Cemetery
  • McCrabb Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCrabb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCrabb Cemetery
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mistletoe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mistletoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mistletoe Cemetery
  • Mission Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Valley Cemetery
  • Burns Station Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burns Station Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burns Station Cemetery
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rabke Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rabke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rabke Cemetery
    • Woodman Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodman Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Meyersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
    • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <2>
  • Arneckeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arneckeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
    • Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
  • Mission Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
    • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
  • Thomaston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Weser
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
  • Nursery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cuero
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Weesatche
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Yorktown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Stratton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
    • Stratton is located in DeWitt County
  • Aloe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aloe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
  • Fannin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Victoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Terryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Golly. 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>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- Golly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Golly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9436, Longitude: -97.2617       In this case, the coordinates for Golly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Golly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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