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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 Ottine (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 Ottine. 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 hospitals and 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.

Ottine is located in Gonzales 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 Gonzales County: Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca & Wilson.

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

  • Gonzales County     (The home county of Ottine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Harwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Forest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
    • Belmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Monthalia ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
    • Gonzales
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Fork
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
    • Cost
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
    • Summerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Bebe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Wrightsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Leesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waelder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Jeddo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
    • Bateman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bateman is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
    • Red Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rosanky
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kovar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kovar is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Luling
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McNeil
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • McNeil is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
    • Soda Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
    • Stairtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
    • Brownsboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Tilmon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
    • Joliet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Joliet is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
    • Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
    • Prairie Lea
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Seawillow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
    • Fentress
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • McMahan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • McMahan is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Hunter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hunter is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Freiheit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Freiheit is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freiheit
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Hochheim
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Westhoff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pearl City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Cistern
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cistern is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
      • Former names for Cistern:
      • Cockrell's Hill
      • Milton
      • Whiteside's Prairie
    • Colony
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Colony is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
    • Flatonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Kingsbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Weinert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
    • Staples
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lauback
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
    • Galle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Galle is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
    • Seguin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Seguin is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seguin <1>
    • Dugger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Dugger is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger
    • Geronimo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Redwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Zorn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
    • Jakes Colony
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jakes Colony is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Colony
    • Barbarosa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
  • Hays County
    • San Marcos
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Moulton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Shiner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ottine, with the one closest to Ottine listed first.
    • Union
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Union is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Nockenut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nockenut is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nockenut
    • Caddo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Caddo is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
    • Pandora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Ottine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ottine.

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

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

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

  • Plum Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Randle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Princeville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Foster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • McKeller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hodge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nixon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • McNeil Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pecan Branch Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Haschke Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

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

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

  • Slayden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Slayden is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
  • Oak Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
  • Harwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Luling
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Belmont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gonzales
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
  • Tilmon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
  • Prairie Lea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wrightsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Kingsbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Leesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Waelder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hamon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
    • Delhi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Delhi is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi

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

Newspapers Published in Ottine ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ottine.

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

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 Ottine:

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 Ottine, 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 from Point A (ie- Ottine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.