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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 Pendell (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 Pendell. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Pendell is located in Bosque 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 Bosque County: Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, McLennan & Somervell.

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

  • Bosque County     (The home county of Pendell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pendell, with the one closest to Pendell listed first.
    • Clifton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayote
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Womack
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Norse
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Greenock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Laguna Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Meridian
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cranfills Gap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Morgan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kopperl
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pendell, with the one closest to Pendell listed first.
    • Coryell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Turnersville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Oglesby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • McGregor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • South Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Jonesboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Lime City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Gatesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • Levita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Levita is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
    • Leon Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mound
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pendell, with the one closest to Pendell listed first.
    • Lanham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Lanham is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Agee ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Agee is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
    • Whiteway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
      • Whiteway has also been known as:
      • White Way
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pendell, with the one closest to Pendell listed first.
    • Tyson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Whitney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Aquilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Huron ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Huron is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
    • Peoria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Peoria is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Abbott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Blum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Chatt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pendell, with the one closest to Pendell listed first.
    • Crawford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • China Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Patrick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Rock Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Gholson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
    • Speegleville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Speegleville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
    • Bosqueville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
    • Woodway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Ross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ross is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
    • Waco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Waco is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
    • Elm Mott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Beverly Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people

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

Cemeteries Near Pendell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pendell.

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

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

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

  • Kanz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Terrell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Scrutchfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thiele Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanes Chapel Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Valley Mills Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Barton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Poston - Odle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Olde Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Valley Mills Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Preston-McMurry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Norway Mill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Oswald Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Goodall Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>

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

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

  • Valley Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clifton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mosheim
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mosheim is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosheim
  • Cayote
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cayote is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
  • Womack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Womack is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
  • Norse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Norse is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
  • Greenock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenock is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
  • Coryell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Coryell is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
  • Turnersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
  • Osage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Osage is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
  • Crawford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • China Spring
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Meridian
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Patrick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Patrick is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
    • Cranfills Gap
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Pendell ...

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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pendell.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Pendell:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Pendell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Pendell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.