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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 Lindenau (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 Lindenau. 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.

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

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

  • DeWitt County     (The home county of Lindenau)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Cuero
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Westhoff
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Yorktown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Meyersville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hochheim
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pearl City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
    • Thomaston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Yoakum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Terryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Nordheim
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Ander
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
    • Weser
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
    • Weesatche
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Kilgore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Angel City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
    • Cologne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Fannin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Goliad
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Cheapside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
    • Hamon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
    • Smiley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Glaze City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
    • Wrightsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kokernot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
    • Summerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Summerville is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Cost
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
    • Nixon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <1>
    • Bebe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gonzales
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Monthalia ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Ecleto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Gillett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Flaccus is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
    • Runge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Helena is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Sweet Home
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Shiner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wied
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Ezzell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindenau, with the one closest to Lindenau listed first.
    • Nursery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coletoville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Aloe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Oak Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
  • Wilson County

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

Cemeteries Near Lindenau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lindenau.

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 Lindenau - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lost Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McCrabb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Cuero.
    • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cuero City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4260 <2>
  • Lord Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lockhart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Memory Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Westhoff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Westville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Aloysius Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (118 more) ...
    • Woods Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rabke Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Cuero.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7186 <2>

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 Lindenau in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lindenau.

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

  • Cuero
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Westhoff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Concrete
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Concrete is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
  • Arneckeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
  • Edgar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Cheapside
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
  • Yorktown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Meyersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Stratton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Stratton is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
  • Hochheim
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Thomaston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Weser
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Yoakum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mission Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
    • Terryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville

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

Newspapers Published in Lindenau ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lindenau.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lindenau, 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 Lindenau.

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 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 Lindenau:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lindenau) 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 Lindenau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.