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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about New Bielau. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Bielau to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Bielau, please Contact Us.

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 New Bielau (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 New Bielau. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of New Bielau is historic, it would have been located within present day Colorado County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colorado County: Austin, Fayette, Lavaca & Wharton.

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

  • Colorado County     (The home county of New Bielau)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Bielau, with the one closest to New Bielau listed first.
    • Weimar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oakland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Borden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
    • Sheridan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glidden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glidden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
      • Glidden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glidden <2>
    • Hillcrest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Hillcrest is located in Colorado County
    • Rock Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
      • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
    • Columbus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Alleyton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Altair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altair
      • Altair is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altair <2>
    • Frelsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
    • Ramsey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
      • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pisek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Bielau, with the one closest to New Bielau listed first.
    • New Ulm
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Shelby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
    • Industry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Industry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
      • Industry is located in Austin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Industry <2>
    • Cat Spring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cat Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Spring
      • Cat Spring is located in Austin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cat Spring <2>
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Bielau, with the one closest to New Bielau listed first.
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dubina have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
    • Schulenburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ellinger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Freyburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freyburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Engle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Joiner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joiner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
      • Joiner is located in Fayette County
    • Hostyn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
      • Hostyn is located in Fayette County
    • Praha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • Halsted
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsted
      • Halsted is located in Fayette County
    • Fayetteville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayetteville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
      • Fayetteville is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayetteville <2>
    • La Grange
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Flatonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Muldoon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Bielau, with the one closest to New Bielau listed first.
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Sublime
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
      • Sublime is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <2>
    • Moravia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Breslau
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Hallettsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Komensky
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Wied
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
    • Moulton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Ezzell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
    • Speaks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sweet Home
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <2>
    • Shiner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in New Bielau ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Bielau.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Bielau, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Bielau.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 New Bielau:

Cemeteries Near New Bielau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Bielau.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lass Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lass Cemetery
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Live Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Live Oak Cemetery
  • Boeer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boeer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boeer Cemetery
  • Hehr Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hehr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hehr Cemetery
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
  • Oakland Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Hill Cemetery
  • Eason Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eason Cemetery
  • Shimek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shimek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shimek Cemetery
  • Rees Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rees Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rees Cemetery
  • Miller Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Memorial Park
  • Turner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
  • Continue List   (166 more) ...
    • Bock Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bock Cemetery
    • Austin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Austin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Austin Cemetery
    • St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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.

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

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

  • Oakland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Borden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Borden is located in Colorado County
  • Hackberry ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
  • Dubina ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dubina have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Dubina is located in Fayette County
  • Gleckler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleckler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
  • Kinkler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
    • Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
  • Sublime
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
    • Sublime is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <2>
  • High Hill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Fayette County
  • Ammannsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammannsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammannsville
    • Ammannsville is located in Fayette County
  • Glidden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glidden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden
    • Glidden is located in Colorado County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glidden <2>
  • Moravia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
    • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
  • Swiss Alp
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiss Alp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Alp
    • Swiss Alp is located in Fayette County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Columbus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ellinger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Freyburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freyburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 New Bielau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Bielau) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Bielau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6345, Longitude: -96.7736       In this case, the coordinates for New Bielau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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