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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 Nesbitt (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 Nesbitt. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Nesbitt is located in Robertson 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 Robertson County: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison & Milam.

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

  • Robertson County     (The home county of Nesbitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Owensville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Owensville is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
    • Bremond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hammond
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Hammond is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Franklin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Calvert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Baden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Elliot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
    • Bald Prairie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Hearne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <1>
    • Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Wheelock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Seale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Benchley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Edge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
    • Tabor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Wixon Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Kurten
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Reagan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Highbank
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Highbank is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
    • Wilderville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
    • Stranger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
    • Marlin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • McClanahan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • McClanahan is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
    • Rosebud
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Otto
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
      • Zipperlandville has also been known as:
      • Zipperlen
      • Zipperlenville
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Barclay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Barclay is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Marquez
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Wealthy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Flynn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Normangee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Newby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Kosse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Kosse is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
    • Thornton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Ben Hur
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Groesbeck
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Lost Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
  • Madison County
    • George
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nesbitt, with the one closest to Nesbitt listed first.
    • Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Crossroads is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Baileyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Baileyville is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
    • Jones Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
    • Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
    • Branchville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Branchville is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
    • Maysfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gause
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Silver City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Burlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Marlow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlow is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Cameron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Nesbitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nesbitt.

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

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

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

  • Beck Prairie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Mississippi Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tidwell Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Webb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Owensville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cotton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (240 more) ...
    • Cloverleaf Rest Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harper Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bremond Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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 Nesbitt had a population of 218 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Petteway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Petteway is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petteway
  • Bremond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hammond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hammond is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elliot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • New Baden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bald Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Headsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Headsville is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
  • Reagan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Baileyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Baileyville is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
  • Kosse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Kosse is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Hearne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <1>
    • Jones Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
    • Wilderville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville

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

Newspapers Published in Nesbitt ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nesbitt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nesbitt, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nesbitt.

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 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 Nesbitt:

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 Nesbitt, 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' (or 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- Nesbitt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.