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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Moursund (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 Moursund. 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.

Moursund is located in Victoria 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 Victoria County: Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca & Refugio.

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

  • Victoria County     (The home county of Moursund)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Nursery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Victoria
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Aloe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Telferner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Coletoville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Oak Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Dacosta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
    • Inez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bloomington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Placedo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • McFaddin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Heyser
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Heyser is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
    • Kamey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Thomaston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Meyersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Terryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Cuero
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Yorktown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Yoakum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Cologne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Kilgore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Fannin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ander
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
    • Weser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
    • Weesatche
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Goliad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Matilda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Matilda is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • La Salle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Morales
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
    • Edna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Edna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
    • Vanderbilt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moursund, with the one closest to Moursund listed first.
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Ezzell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell

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

Cemeteries Near Moursund ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moursund.

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

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

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

  • Oliver Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Murphy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • De Leon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nursery Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Victoria.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3473 <2>
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mission Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Green Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Thomaston Community Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mistletoe Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Berger Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Moursund in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moursund.

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

  • Nursery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Victoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Aloe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
  • Mission Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
  • Thomaston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Guadalupe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Arneckeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
  • Meyersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Inez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fannin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Weser
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
  • Stratton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stratton is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Placedo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Terryville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Cuero
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Moursund. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moursund.

Newspapers Published in Moursund ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moursund.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moursund, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moursund.

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 Moursund:

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 Moursund, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moursund) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.