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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 Purmela (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 Purmela. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Purmela is located in Coryell 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 Coryell County: Bell, Bosque, Hamilton, Lampasas & McLennan.

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

  • Coryell County     (The home county of Purmela)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Levita
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Levita is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
    • Ireland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Ireland is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
    • Pearl
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearl is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • King
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Bee House
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
    • Jonesboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Evant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Gatesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fort Gates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • South Mountain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Turnersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
    • Coryell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Copperas Cove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Fort Hood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McNair Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Chaffee Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Walker Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Brookhaven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Killeen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Cranfills Gap
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Norse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Clifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche County
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Whiteway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
      • Whiteway has also been known as:
      • White Way
    • Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lanham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lanham is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Agee ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Agee is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee
    • McGirk ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • Pottsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Spurlin ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Izoro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Kempner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
  • McLennan County
    • Crawford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Purmela, with the one closest to Purmela listed first.
    • Star
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Center City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Center City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City

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

Cemeteries Near Purmela ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Purmela.

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

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

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

  • Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Willy Grubb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sycamore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hemelline Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Weaver Chapel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Young Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Murphy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Langford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (114 more) ...
    • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillsdale Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Purmela had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Levita
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Levita is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levita
  • Pearl
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearl is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • King
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • King is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Bee House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bee House is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
  • Ohio ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
  • Jonesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Evant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Gatesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pidcoke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
  • Fort Gates
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
  • Turnersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Turnersville is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
  • Adamsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lanham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lanham is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Shive
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shive is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive

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

Newspapers Published in Purmela ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Purmela.

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

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 Purmela:

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 Purmela, 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- Purmela) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.