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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 Sealy (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 Sealy. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sealy is located in Austin 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 Austin County: Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington & Wharton.

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

  • Austin County     (The home county of Sealy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sealy, with the one closest to Sealy listed first.
    • San Felipe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Frydek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rexville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rexville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
      • Rexville is located in Austin County
    • Brazos Country
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brazos Country have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
      • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Millheim
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millheim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
      • Millheim is located in Austin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Millheim
      • From Sealy to Millheim
    • Cat Spring
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cat Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Spring
      • Cat Spring is located in Austin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cat Spring <1>
    • Wallis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bellville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sempronius ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sempronius have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
      • Sempronius is located in Austin County
    • Kenney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenney
      • Kenney is located in Austin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenney <1>
    • New Ulm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Colorado County
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sealy, with the one closest to Sealy listed first.
    • Simonton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simonton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton
      • Simonton is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simonton <1>
    • Weston Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
      • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
    • Fulshear
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Orchard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
      • Orchard is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orchard <1>
    • Katy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
    • Pin Oak Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pin Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
    • Powell Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cinco Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinco Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
      • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
    • Beasley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beasley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
      • Beasley is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beasley <1>
    • Kendleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendleton
      • Kendleton is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendleton <1>
    • Cumings
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
      • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
    • Rosenberg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberg
      • Rosenberg is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosenberg <1>
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sealy, with the one closest to Sealy listed first.
    • Waller
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hockley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hockley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockley
      • Hockley is located in Harris County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hockley <1>
    • Settlers Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
      • Settlers Village is located in Harris County
    • Westfield Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westfield Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
      • Westfield Village is located in Harris County
    • Westlake Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
    • Westlake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
    • Highland Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Harris County
    • Barker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
      • Barker is located in Harris County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barker <1>
    • Deerfield Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
    • Pine Forest Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Forest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
      • Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
    • Addicks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Copperfield Southcreek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperfield Southcreek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield Southcreek Village
      • Copperfield Southcreek Village is located in Harris County
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sealy, with the one closest to Sealy listed first.
    • Pattison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brookshire
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookshire have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookshire
      • Brookshire is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookshire <1>
    • Pine Island
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Hempstead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Waller County
    • Prairie View
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
      • Prairie View is located in Waller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,013 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie View <1>
    • Fields Store
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sealy, with the one closest to Sealy listed first.
    • Chappell Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chappell Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Hill
      • Chappell Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chappell Hill <1>
    • Wesley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brenham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wharton County

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

Cemeteries Near Sealy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sealy.

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 Sealy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sealy had a population of 837 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sealy had a population of 6,443 people.

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

  • San Felipe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Peters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Peters is located in Austin County
  • Clemons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Clemons is located in Waller County
  • Millheim
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millheim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
    • Millheim is located in Austin County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Millheim
    • From Sealy to Millheim
  • Sunny Side
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Side have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Sunny Side is located in Waller County
  • Pattison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cat Spring
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cat Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Spring
    • Cat Spring is located in Austin County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cat Spring <1>
  • Bellville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Monaville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monaville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
    • Monaville is located in Waller County
  • Ramsey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ramsey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Ramsey is located in Colorado County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ramsey
    • From Sealy to Ramsey
  • Eagle Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nottawa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sealy ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sealy.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sealy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sealy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sealy.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<6> of Sealy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sealy:

The official website for Sealy: www.ci.sealy.tx.us/

The official website for Austin County: www.austincounty.com/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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>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 Sealy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sealy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sealy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7763, Longitude: -96.1563    









 

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