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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 Sixmile (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 Sixmile. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sixmile is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Jackson, Matagorda, Refugio & Victoria.

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

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Sixmile)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sixmile, with the one closest to Sixmile listed first.
    • Kamey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
    • Port Lavaca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Point Comfort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Heyser
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Heyser is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
    • Long Mott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Port Alto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Port Alto is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Alto
    • Indianola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Seadrift
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Port O'Connor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Aransas County
    • Spanish Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
  • Goliad County
    • Cologne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sixmile, with the one closest to Sixmile listed first.
    • La Salle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Vanderbilt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lolita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Weedhaven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Weedhaven is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedhaven
    • La Ward
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Matilda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Matilda is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • Edna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Edna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
    • Francitas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ganado
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Morales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
  • Matagorda County
    • Palacios
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sixmile, with the one closest to Sixmile listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Austwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sixmile, with the one closest to Sixmile listed first.
    • Placedo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dacosta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
    • Bloomington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Inez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Telferner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Victoria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • McFaddin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Aloe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Coletoville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Oak Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Nursery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sixmile ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sixmile.

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

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

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

  • Six Mile Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clark Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ranger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch Cemetery
    • The Hatch Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Aqua Dulce Cemetery
    • Chocolate Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278995 <3>
  • Port Lavaca Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Mary's Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lolita Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Shillerville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Zimmerman Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Town Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...

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 Sixmile in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sixmile.

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

  • Port Lavaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Placedo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Long Mott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Guadalupe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Inez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Seadrift
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • El Toro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • El Toro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Toro
  • Edna
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Edna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
  • Victoria
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Aloe
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
  • Navidad
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Navidad is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
  • Ganado
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nursery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Sixmile ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sixmile.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sixmile, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sixmile.

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 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 Sixmile:

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 '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- Sixmile) 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 Sixmile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.