Our Genealogy Helper
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 Pettibone (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 Pettibone. 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 hospitals 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.
Pettibone is located in Milam 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 Milam County: Bell, Burleson, Falls, Lee, Robertson & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Pettibone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettibone:
- Milam County (The home county of Pettibone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Buckholts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tracy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Silver City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Minerva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Marlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Val Verde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Val Verde is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde
- Burlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jones Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Milano
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Edgeworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Meeks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Rogers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cyclone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cyclone is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Vilas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vilas is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Ocker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ocker is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
- Academy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Heidenheimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Little River Academy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Little River Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Academy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Little River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bartlett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burleson County
- Chriesman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Barclay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
- Zipperlandville has also been known as:
- Zipperlen
- Zipperlenville
- Rosebud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Westphalia is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Wilderville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Durango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Durango is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
- Lott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blevins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blevins is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Highbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Chilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Reagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Hicks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hicks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Tanglewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Calvert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Hearne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Laneport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laneport is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneport
- Friendship ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hoxie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoxie is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
- Thrall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Granger
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Schwertner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beyersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
- Taylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettibone, see our County-by-County Page for Pettibone.
Cemeteries Near Pettibone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettibone.
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 Pettibone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettibone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Dansby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dockery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grelner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St.s Cyril & Methodius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marak Catholic & Methodius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hope Lutheran Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lutheran Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope Lutheran Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Buckholts.
- The Hope Lutheran Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Hope Cemetery
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Battle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norman Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Renshaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Pettibone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pettibone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettibone, with the one closest to Pettibone listed first.
- Buckholts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Minerva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Ben Arnold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Arnold is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Arnold
- Rogers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Davilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- San Gabriel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- San Gabriel is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Gabriel
- Cyclone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cyclone is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Burlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clarkson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkson is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Vilas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Vilas is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rockdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ocker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ocker is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
- Hanover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettibone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettibone.
Newspapers Published in Pettibone ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettibone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettibone, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pettibone.
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 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 Pettibone:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Milam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Burleson County
- Falls County
- Lee County
- Robertson County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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- Pettibone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Pettibone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |