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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 Prairie Hill (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 Prairie Hill. 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 and 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.

Prairie Hill is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes & Lee.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Prairie Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Independence
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brenham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Brenham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
    • Gay Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
    • Whitman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
    • Quarry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Quarry is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
    • Chappell Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rehburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rehburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
    • Burton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
    • Wesley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • La Bahia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • La Bahia is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • New Wehdem
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • New Wehdem is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
    • Kenney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bleiblerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Buckhorn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckhorn is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Industry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Shelby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelby is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Bellville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • New Ulm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Millheim
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • Cat Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Allen Farm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Millican
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Navasota
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellborn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • College Station
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Stone City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Boonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
    • Bryan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bryan is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
  • Burleson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Scofield ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Scofield is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
    • Clay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Somerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Merle ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Merle is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
    • Lyons
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Snook
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Frenstat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Frenstat is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
    • Birch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Birch is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
    • Tunis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunis is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
    • Deanville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Caldwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooks Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
    • San Antonio Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Pisek ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pisek is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisek
    • Frelsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Frelsburg is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frelsburg
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Carmine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Haw Creek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Haw Creek is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek
    • Round Top
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ledbetter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Roznov
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Roznov is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roznov
    • Warrenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Walhalla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Walhalla is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walhalla
    • Fayetteville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nechanitz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nechanitz is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nechanitz
  • Grimes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Stoneham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Anderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harris County
    • Waller
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Dime Box
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Old Dime Box
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Hempstead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Prairie View
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Store
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store

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

Cemeteries Near Prairie Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie Hill.

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 Prairie Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Struckmeyer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Meyer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Eichholt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Heisic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clear Spring Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brenham Masonic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham Masonic Cemetery
    • The Brenham Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Yellow Fever Cemetery
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Burch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Camptown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Coplyn Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (255 more) ...
    • Independence Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Rest Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Frieden Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Brenham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brenham is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <1>
  • Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • William Penn ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • William Penn is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn
  • Gay Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
  • Whitman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Whitman is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
  • Quarry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Quarry is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
  • Mill Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mill Creek is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
  • Clay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Phillipsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Somerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sempronius ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sempronius is located in Austin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Allen Farm
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Greenvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenvine is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
    • Wesley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wesley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley

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

Newspapers Published in Prairie Hill ...

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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prairie Hill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prairie Hill.

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 Prairie Hill:

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>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 Prairie Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prairie Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.