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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 Mereta (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 Mereta. 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.

Mereta is located in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County: Coke, Concho, Irion, Menard, Runnels, Schleicher & Sterling.

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

  • Tom Green County     (The home county of Mereta)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mereta, with the one closest to Mereta listed first.
    • Veribest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Veribest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
    • Vancourt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Orient
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orient have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Orient is located in Tom Green County
    • San Angelo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Grape Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
      • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
    • Christoval
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Coke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mereta, with the one closest to Mereta listed first.
    • Tennyson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bronte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bronte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronte
      • Bronte is located in Coke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronte <2>
  • Concho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mereta, with the one closest to Mereta listed first.
    • Eola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lowake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Paint Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
      • Paint Rock is located in Concho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paint Rock <2>
    • Millersview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Eden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Eden is located in Concho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
    • Live Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Live Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Concho County
  • Runnels County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mereta, with the one closest to Mereta listed first.
    • Miles
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
      • Miles is located in Runnels County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <2>
    • Rowena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ballinger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Maverick ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maverick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Maverick is located in Runnels County
    • Norton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Norton is located in Runnels County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Mereta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mereta.

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

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

  • Lakeview Community Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mullins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Miles Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Harriett Community Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Paint Rock Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paint Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paint Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of San Angelo.
    • The Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Johnson's Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4771 <4>
  • Denis Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denis Family Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Denis Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Denis Family Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> to the north of Vancourt.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484309 <4>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Fairmount Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Victory Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Victory Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Victory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hoffman Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoffman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoffman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Miles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Miles is located in Runnels County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles <2>
  • Paint Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
    • Paint Rock is located in Concho County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paint Rock <2>
  • Rowena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • San Angelo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ballinger
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Eden
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Concho County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
  • Maverick ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maverick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
    • Maverick is located in Runnels County
  • Christoval
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Mereta ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mereta.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mereta, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mereta.

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 Mereta:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mereta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tom Green County: www.co.titus.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mereta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mereta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4571, Longitude: -100.1409       In this case, the coordinates for Mereta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mereta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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