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 Hickston (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 Hickston. 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 and 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.
Hickston 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 Hickston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickston:
- Gonzales County (The home county of Hickston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Waelder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Kokernot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Gonzales
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glaze City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
- Hamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Harwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Ottine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cost
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cost is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
- Oak Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Monthalia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
- Cheapside
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Jeddo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Kovar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kovar is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
- Rosanky
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Togo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Togo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
- Bateman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Red Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Upton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Upton is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Hills Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Delhi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- McNeil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McNeil is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Soda Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Tilmon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- McMahan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McMahan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
- Luling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brownsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Elm Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Pettytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Seawillow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
- Taylorsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Joliet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Colorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Bielau ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Bielau is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
- Weimar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Hochheim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pearl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Yoakum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edgar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Westhoff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Flatonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Praha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Cistern
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Engle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Muldoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stellar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stellar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
- Freyburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freyburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
- Schulenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dubina ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dubina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
- Kirtley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kirtley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
- Hostyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hostyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lavaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Komensky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Shiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Breslau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Moravia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Wied
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Gleckler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
- Sweet Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hallettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Sublime
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickston, see our County-by-County Page for Hickston.
Cemeteries Near Hickston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickston.
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 Hickston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Mt. Eden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Moulton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waelder City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Denton Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dilworth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Slavonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burkett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cochran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Castleman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gonzales Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Hickston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickston, with the one closest to Hickston listed first.
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nickel is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
- Waelder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Kokernot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Flatonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gonzales
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Shiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Praha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Hamon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Witting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Harwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jeddo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Cistern
(15 miles [24.1 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickston.
Newspapers Published in Hickston ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickston, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickston.
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 Hickston:
- 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> | 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 Hickston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hickston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |