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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 Kings Highway (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 Kings Highway. 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.

Name Variations for Kings Highway ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

While the name of this community is Kings Highway, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Highway may originally have been King's Highway.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Highway might be written as King Highway.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Kings Highway is located in Brazos 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 Brazos County: Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson & Washington.

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

  • Brazos County     (The home county of Kings Highway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • Edge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
    • Kurten
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Tabor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Wixon Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Boonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
    • Bryan
      (20 miles [32.2 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 <2>
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • College Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Stone City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Wellborn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • Iola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedias
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • Wealthy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Normangee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Flynn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marquez
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Leona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Middleton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Middleton is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Jewett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Newby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • George
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • North Zulch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
    • Madisonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Midway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
    • Gause
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Branchville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Branchville is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Highway, with the one closest to Kings Highway listed first.
    • Wheelock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • New Baden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Franklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Owensville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Owensville is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
    • Elliot
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
    • Benchley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
    • Bald Prairie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Hearne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • 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 <2>
    • Mumford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Calvert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Seale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Bremond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Kings Highway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Highway.

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 Kings Highway - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cordey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Edge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Burns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • House Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Plainview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6036 <3>
  • Evans Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jim Harris Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Keefer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (168 more) ...
    • Camp Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cavitt Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<4>

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

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

  • Wheelock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Zulch ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Zulch is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • New Baden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kurten
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Tabor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Tabor is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Iola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elliot
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Sutton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutton is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Benchley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Benchley is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
  • Marquez
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hearne
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • 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 <2>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bryan
      (20 miles [32.2 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 <2>
    • Bald Prairie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Harvey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Harvey is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey

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

Newspapers Published in Kings Highway ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Highway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Highway, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Highway.

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 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 Kings Highway:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Kings Highway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kings Highway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.