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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 Singleton (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 Singleton. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Singleton is located in Grimes 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 Grimes County: Brazos, Madison, Montgomery, Walker, Waller & Washington.

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

  • Grimes County     (The home county of Singleton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Roans Prairie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Shiro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedias
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Iola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Richards
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Anderson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Apolonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
    • Stoneham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Stoneham is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
    • Plantersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Todd Mission
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Navasota
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Millican
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kurten
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
    • Wellborn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • College Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wixon Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Allen Farm
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
    • Bryan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bryan is 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 <1>
    • Edge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
    • Tabor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
  • Burleson County
    • Clay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Normangee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Wealthy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Zulch ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Zulch is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
    • Madisonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • North Zulch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • George
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • George is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • Midway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Dacus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dacus is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
    • Dobbin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Danville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Wheelock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Benchley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Benchley is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Wesley Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Goshen is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Huntsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Barado
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Barado is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
    • Elmina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Elmina is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
    • New Waverly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Singleton, with the one closest to Singleton listed first.
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Graball is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball

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

Cemeteries Near Singleton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Singleton.

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

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

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

  • Roans Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shiro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Red Top Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Top Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Shiro.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6281 <3>
  • David Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mustang Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bedias Baptist Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Bays Chapel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Driscoll Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ross Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • McCowan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Roans Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bedias
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Keith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Keith is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
  • Iola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Anderson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Apolonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Apolonia is located in Grimes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
  • Dacus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dacus is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
  • Zulch ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zulch is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulch
  • Harvey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Harvey is located in Brazos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Millican
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Navasota
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bath
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Bath is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Madisonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Kurten
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellborn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Singleton ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Singleton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Singleton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Singleton.

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 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 Singleton:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Singleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Singleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.