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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Provident City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Provident City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Provident City, please Contact Us.

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 Provident City (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 Provident City. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Provident City is historic, it would have been located within present day Colorado 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 Colorado County: Austin, Fayette, Lavaca & Wharton.

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

  • Colorado County     (The home county of Provident City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Provident City, with the one closest to Provident City listed first.
    • Sheridan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rock Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Nada
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Garwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Eldridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Eldridge is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
    • Boedecker Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Boedecker Junction is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boedecker Junction
    • Altair
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Matthews
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Matthews is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
    • Oakland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Borden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Glidden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • DeWitt County
    • Terryville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Provident City, with the one closest to Provident City listed first.
    • Morales
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
    • Ganado
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Edna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Edna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <2>
    • Matilda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Matilda is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
  • Lavaca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Provident City, with the one closest to Provident City listed first.
    • Speaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sublime
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ezzell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
    • Hallettsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hope
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Sweet Home
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Breslau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Wied
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Gleckler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Moravia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Victoria County
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Provident City, with the one closest to Provident City listed first.
    • Hahn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hahn is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahn
    • Louise
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillje
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillje is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillje
    • El Campo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bonus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bonus is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
    • Egypt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Glen Flora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Pierce
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mackay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mackay is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
    • Danevang
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lissie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Provident City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Provident City.

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 Provident City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bright Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gandy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Flourney Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Haidusek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Strane Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Partridge Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilkerson Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chase Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (121 more) ...
    • Hines Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Andrews Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilkerson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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.

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

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

  • Vienna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Morales
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Morales is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Sublime
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ezzell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
  • Navidad
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Navidad is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
  • Ganado
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Louise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Edna
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Edna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <2>
  • Hallettsville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Williamsburg is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Hope
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hope is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Altair
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • El Toro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • El Toro is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Toro
    • Kinkler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
    • Oakland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Provident City ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Provident City.

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

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 Provident City:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Provident City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Provident City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.