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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 Milano (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 Milano. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Milano is located in Milam 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 Milam County: Bell, Burleson, Falls, Lee, Robertson & Williamson.

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

  • Milam County     (The home county of Milano)
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milano, with the one closest to Milano listed first.
    • Edgeworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edgeworth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
      • Edgeworth is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edgeworth
      • From Milano to Edgeworth
    • Meeks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
      • Meeks is located in Bell County
    • Rogers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cyclone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cyclone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
      • Cyclone is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cyclone
      • From Milano to Cyclone
    • Vilas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Ocker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
      • Ocker is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ocker
      • From Milano to Ocker
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milano, with the one closest to Milano listed first.
    • Stone City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
    • Bryan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Tabor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Burleson County
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milano, with the one closest to Milano listed first.
    • Rosebud
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Wilderville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilderville
      • From Milano to Wilderville
    • Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zipperlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
      • Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
      • Zipperlandville has also been known as:
      • Zipperlen
      • Zipperlenville
    • Barclay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barclay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
      • Barclay is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barclay
      • From Milano to Barclay
  • Lee County
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milano, with the one closest to Milano listed first.
    • Mumford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
      • Mumford is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mumford <1>
    • Hearne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Benchley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
    • Elliot
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elliot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elliot
      • From Milano to Elliot
    • Hammond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hammond. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hammond
      • From Milano to Hammond
    • Wheelock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milano, with the one closest to Milano listed first.
    • Laneport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laneport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneport
      • Laneport is located in Williamson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Laneport
      • From Milano to Laneport
    • Friendship ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friendship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Friendship is located in Williamson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Friendship
      • From Milano to Friendship
    • Thrall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Thrall is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thrall <1>
    • Hoxie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Beyersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Milano ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milano.

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

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

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

  • Santana Ruize Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santana Ruize Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santana Ruize Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wolf Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lee Garden Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Garden Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Garden Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jeter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jeter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jeter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Westbrook - Walker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westbrook - Walker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westbrook - Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sand Point Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tyson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hanged Man's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanged Man's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanged Man's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prospect Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sandy Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tomacik Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomacik Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tomacik Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hurt - Graham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurt - Graham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurt - Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Shelton Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Smyrna Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Griffin Chapel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffin Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griffin Chapel 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Milano had a population of 416 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Milano had a population of 420 people.

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

  • Hanover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Milam County
  • Minerva
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chriesman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gause
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cameron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Maysfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hicks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hicks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
    • Hicks is located in Lee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hicks
    • From Milano to Hicks
  • Branchville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Branchville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
    • Branchville is located in Milam County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Branchville
    • From Milano to Branchville
  • Caldwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Tanglewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tanglewood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tanglewood is located in Lee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tanglewood
    • From Milano to Tanglewood
  • Cooks Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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    • Mumford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
      • Mumford is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mumford <1>
    • Jones Prairie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ben Arnold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Arnold
      • Ben Arnold is located in Milam County

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

Newspapers Published in Milano ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milano.

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

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 Milano:

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>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.
<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>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 Milano, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milano) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7103, Longitude: -96.8634