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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 Mosheim (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 Mosheim. 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 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.

Mosheim is located in Bosque 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 Bosque County: Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, McLennan & Somervell.

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

  • Bosque County     (The home county of Mosheim)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Valley Mills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Norse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Clifton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cayote
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Womack
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Cranfills Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Meridian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Laguna Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeside Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Morgan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Iredell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Brookhaven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Moffat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Coryell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Turnersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • South Mountain
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Oglesby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Gatesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • Lime City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Jonesboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • McGregor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Levita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Levita is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
    • Leon Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Falls County
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Lanham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lanham is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Whiteway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
      • Whiteway has also been known as:
      • White Way
    • Agee ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Agee is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Tyson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Aquilla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mosheim, with the one closest to Mosheim listed first.
    • Crawford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • China Spring
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Speegleville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Speegleville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
    • Patrick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Rock Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Bosqueville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
    • Gholson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • Woodway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hewitt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hewitt is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hewitt <1>
    • Moody
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Moody is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
    • Beverly Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
    • Waco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Waco is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
    • Lorena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorena is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena

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

Cemeteries Near Mosheim ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mosheim.

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

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

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

  • Barton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lanes Chapel Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sadler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Olde Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Poston - Odle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Preston-McMurry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Scrutchfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kanz Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Norway Mill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Terrell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Crawford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crawford Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northeast of Gatesville.
    • Osage Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Valley Mills Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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 in 1895, Mosheim had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Coryell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Coryell is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
  • Osage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Osage is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
  • Valley Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Turnersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
  • Norse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Norse is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
  • Clifton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Crawford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayote
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cayote is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
  • Gatesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pecan Grove ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Oglesby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Womack
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Womack is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fort Gates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • Lime City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Cranfills Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Mosheim ...

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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mosheim.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mosheim:

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 '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- Mosheim) 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 Mosheim, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.