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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 Nelsonville (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 Nelsonville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Nelsonville is located in Austin 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 Austin County: Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington & Wharton.

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

  • Austin County     (The home county of Nelsonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Bleiblerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Industry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kenney
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Wehdem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • New Wehdem is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
    • New Ulm
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Cat Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Millheim
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • Buckhorn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Shelby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Rexville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rexville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
  • Brazos County
    • Allen Farm
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
  • Burleson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Scofield ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Scofield is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Somerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Clay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lyons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Frelsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
    • Alleyton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hillcrest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Columbus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Glidden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Borden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Eagle Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Altair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Weimar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Haw Creek ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Haw Creek is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
    • Fayetteville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Round Top
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Roznov
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Roznov is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roznov
    • Warrenton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Carmine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellinger
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Walhalla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Walhalla is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla
    • Halsted
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Halsted is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsted
    • Joiner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Joiner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
    • Rutersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rutersville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutersville
    • Nechanitz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Nechanitz is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nechanitz
  • Harris County
    • Waller
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Hempstead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Clemons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Prairie View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Pattison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Store
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
    • Brookshire
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelsonville, with the one closest to Nelsonville listed first.
    • Wesley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Brenham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Greenvine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
    • Chappell Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Burton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • La Bahia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • La Bahia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
    • Whitman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Gay Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
    • Rehburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rehburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
    • Independence
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Quarry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Quarry is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
  • Wharton County

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

Cemeteries Near Nelsonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nelsonville.

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

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

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

  • Bethany Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Nelsonville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Shellburne Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Haedge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Zettel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Burns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Scranton Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Star Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Heitman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hoppe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kachele Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (253 more) ...
    • Travis Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Germania Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Muery Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nelsonville had a population of 158 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Industry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kenney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Welcome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Welcome is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • New Ulm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Phillipsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Phillipsburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Wesley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Wesley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
  • Sempronius ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sempronius is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Cat Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frelsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
  • Millheim
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Millheim is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
  • Latium
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Latium is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latium
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Buckhorn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Shelby
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Mill Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill Creek is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Nelsonville ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nelsonville.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Nelsonville:

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>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 Nelsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Nelsonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.