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

Monaville is located in Waller 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 Waller County: Austin, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery & Washington.

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

  • Waller County     (The home county of Monaville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Pine Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Clemons
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Pattison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hempstead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Prairie View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Brookshire
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Store
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Buckhorn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • San Felipe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brazos Country
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Frydek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Frydek is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
    • Millheim
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • Sealy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Cat Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Rexville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Rexville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
    • Kenney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • New Wehdem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • New Wehdem is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
    • Wallis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Brazos County
    • Navasota
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Ramsey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Eagle Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frelsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Katy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
    • Simonton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Weston Lakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
    • Fulshear
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pin Oak Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Cinco Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
    • Orchard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Clodine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • West Oaks Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Cumings
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
    • Mission Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Pecan Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Richmond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Todd Mission
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Stoneham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Plantersville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Waller
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hockley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Settlers Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Settlers Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
    • Westfield Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Westfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
    • Cypress
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Highland Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Highland Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Copperfield Southcreek Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Deerfield Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
    • Westlake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Westlake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Middlegate Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Middlegate Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlegate Village
    • Pine Forest Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
    • Somerall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Somerall is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerall
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Stagecoach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
    • Magnolia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Karen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Karen is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • Chappell Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Whitman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Brenham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brenham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
    • Wesley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monaville, with the one closest to Monaville listed first.
    • East Bernard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lissie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Nottawa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Nottawa is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa

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

Cemeteries Near Monaville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monaville.

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

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

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

  • Monaville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Carrington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Vesley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • President Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Warwarofsky Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Frey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wendt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kholor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (227 more) ...
    • Waller Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clemons Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kountze Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Monaville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Sunny Side
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Side is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
  • Clemons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clemons is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
  • Cochran
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cochran is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
  • Pattison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Peters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
  • Hempstead
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Waller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • San Felipe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Buckhorn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Hockley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Millheim
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Millheim is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
  • Sealy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bellville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Fields Store
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius

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

Newspapers Published in Monaville ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monaville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monaville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monaville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Monaville:

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 Monaville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.