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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 Old Moulton (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 Old Moulton. 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 doctors 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.

Old Moulton is located in Lavaca 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 Lavaca County: Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria & Wharton.

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

  • Lavaca County     (The home county of Old Moulton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Moulton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Komensky
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
    • Shiner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Breslau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Moravia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
    • Wied
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Gleckler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Sweet Home
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hallettsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sublime
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Ezzell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Jeddo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Kovar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Kovar is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
    • Rosanky
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Togo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Togo is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
    • Smithville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Upton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Upton is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Bateman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bateman is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
    • Red Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Delhi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Delhi is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • McNeil
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • McNeil is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
    • Tilmon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
    • Soda Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
    • Elm Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
    • McMahan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • McMahan is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
    • Pettytown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
    • Taylorsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
    • Luling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Brownsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Seawillow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Oakland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
    • Weimar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Borden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Sheridan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Pearl City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
    • Hochheim
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Yoakum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Edgar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Terryville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Flatonia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Praha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • Engle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
    • Colony
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Colony is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Cistern
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cistern is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
      • Former names for Cistern:
      • Cockrell's Hill
      • Milton
      • Whiteside's Prairie
    • Schulenburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Muldoon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Freyburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
    • Stellar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Stellar is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Hostyn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hostyn is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
    • West Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Moulton, with the one closest to Old Moulton listed first.
    • Waelder
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kokernot
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
    • Glaze City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
    • Sandy Fork
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
    • Hamon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
    • Gonzales
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Summerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Summerville is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Harwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Cost
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
    • Ottine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cheapside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
    • Oak Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest

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

Cemeteries Near Old Moulton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Moulton.

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 Old Moulton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Old Moulton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Slavonic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Burkett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Baursville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Castleman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Flatonia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Eden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Andrews Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dilworth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (183 more) ...
    • Slavonic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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 Old Moulton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Moulton.

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

  • Moulton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Nickel ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nickel is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
  • Praha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Praha is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
    • Praha has also been known as:
    • Hottentot
  • Flatonia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Witting
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Witting is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
  • Shiner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Waelder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kokernot
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
  • Breslau
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
  • Moravia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Engle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
  • Colony
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Colony is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wied
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Gleckler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Sandy Fork
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork

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

Newspapers Published in Old Moulton ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Moulton.

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

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 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 Old Moulton:

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 Old Moulton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Moulton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.