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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 Schulenburg (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 Schulenburg. 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.

Schulenburg is located in Fayette County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fayette County: Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee & Washington.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Schulenburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schulenburg.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lyons Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Old High Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dubina / St.s Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mulberry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mulberry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mulberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fitzgerald Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fitzgerald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Andrew Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Simpson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simpson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simpson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakland Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kaase Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kaase Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kaase Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Turner Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lass Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lass Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hehr Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hehr Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hehr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • High Hill ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Fayette County
  • Gleckler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleckler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
  • Dubina ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dubina. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Dubina is located in Fayette County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dubina
    • From Schulenburg to Dubina
  • Swiss Alp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiss Alp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Alp
    • Swiss Alp is located in Fayette County
  • Freyburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freyburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
    • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Freyburg
    • From Schulenburg to Freyburg
  • Engle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hackberry ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hackberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hackberry
    • From Schulenburg to Hackberry
  • Oakland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ammannsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammannsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammannsville
    • Ammannsville is located in Fayette County
  • Moravia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Praha
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Kinkler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
    • Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
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    • O'Quinn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Quinn
      • O'Quinn is located in Fayette County
    • Breslau
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Borden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Borden
      • From Schulenburg to Borden

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Schulenburg ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schulenburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Schulenburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Schulenburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Schulenburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> of Schulenburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Schulenburg:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Schulenburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Schulenburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Schulenburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6821, Longitude: -96.9035    
<6>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 Schulenburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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