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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rye. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rye to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rye, 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 Rye (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 Rye. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rye is historic, it would have been located within present day Brazos 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 Brazos County: Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Rye. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rye:
- Brazos County (The home county of Rye)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Stone City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Tabor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan is also 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 <2>
- Boonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Boonville is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- Wixon Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wixon Valley is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- College Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kurten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edge is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Wellborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millican
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Farm is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
- Burleson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Cooks Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Tunis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Snook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Caldwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chriesman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Merle was located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Frenstat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Deanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
- Scofield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Scofield was located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Birch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Grimes County
- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Wealthy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wealthy is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
- Hilltop Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Normangee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Zulch ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zulch was located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
- North Zulch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- George
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- George is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Gause
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Sullivan was located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Branchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Milano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Maysfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Marlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Baileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Minerva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Benchley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Mumford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hearne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Calvert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Baden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Owensville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owensville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ridge is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quarry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quarry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rye, see our County-by-County Page for Rye.
Cemeteries Near Rye ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rye.
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 Rye - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rye covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Gilmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mumford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Galloway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rest Ever Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Ever Memorial Park
- The Rest Ever Memorial Park is located outside and to the northwest of Bryan.
- The Rest Ever Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Rest Ever Memorial Cemetery
- Canaan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walker Settlement Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Henry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Teals Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Grandview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Rye in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rye.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rye, with the one closest to Rye listed first.
- Benchley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Mumford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sutton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Bryan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan is also 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 <2>
- Tabor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Cooks Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- College Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hearne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Harvey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harvey is also located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Kurten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wheelock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gause
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elliot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Wellborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rye. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rye.
Newspapers Published in Rye ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rye.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rye, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rye.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Rye:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Brazos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burleson County
- Grimes County
- Leon County
- Madison County
- Milam County
- Robertson County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Rye, 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |