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 Seger (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 Seger. 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.
Seger is located in Robertson 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 Robertson County: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison & Milam.
Below are the counties that are near Seger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seger:
- Robertson County (The home county of Seger)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Elliot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Hearne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- Wheelock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Mumford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Baden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benchley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Bremond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bald Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Meeks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Edgeworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Brazos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Rye ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Tabor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Edge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edge is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Stone City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Wixon Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Bryan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kurten
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Boonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boonville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- College Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Cooks Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Chriesman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Caldwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Wilderville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Highbank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Reagan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
- Zipperlandville has also been known as:
- Zipperlen
- Zipperlenville
- Stranger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stranger is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
- Barclay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Leon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Wealthy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wealthy is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
- Hilltop Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Normangee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marquez
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone County
- Kosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- George is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- North Zulch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Branchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Gause
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Jones Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baileyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Marlow
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Milano
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seger, see our County-by-County Page for Seger.
Cemeteries Near Seger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seger.
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 Seger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Red Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Hill Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Hearne.
- The Red Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moody Cemetery
- St. Luke Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317459 <4>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Norwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elliot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Calvert.
- The Calvert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvert City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #191821 <4>
- Calvert Beauty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond Colony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Webb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hearne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Seger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seger.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seger, with the one closest to Seger listed first.
- Hearne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Calvert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Sutton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Gause
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbitt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nesbitt is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbitt
- Jones Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Mumford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hammond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Wheelock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maysfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hanover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- New Baden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seger.
Newspapers Published in Seger ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seger, 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 Seger.
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 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 Seger:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Robertson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Brazos County
- Burleson County
- Falls County
- Leon County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Milam County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Seger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |