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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 Sweet Home (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 Sweet Home. 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.

Sweet Home is located in Lavaca 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 Lavaca County: Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria & Wharton.

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

  • Lavaca County     (The home county of Sweet Home)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
    • Wied
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wied. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
    • Shiner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
    • Hallettsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ezzell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
    • Breslau
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Komensky
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Moulton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Moravia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Sublime
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
      • Sublime is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <2>
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Speaks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
    • Oakland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Provident City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Provident City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
      • Provident City is located in Colorado County
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Bielau. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
    • Sheridan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Weimar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
    • Yoakum
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Terryville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
    • Pearl City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
    • Edgar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Hochheim
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hochheim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
      • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <2>
    • Cuero
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Westhoff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
    • Praha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • Engle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Flatonia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Schulenburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Colony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
      • Colony is located in Fayette County
    • Freyburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Home, with the one closest to Sweet Home listed first.
    • Kokernot
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kokernot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
      • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Glaze City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glaze City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
      • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
    • Hamon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
    • Cheapside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Gonzales
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Waelder
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cost
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cost have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
      • Cost is located in Gonzales County
    • Wrightsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
      • Wrightsboro is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrightsboro <2>
  • Jackson County
    • Morales
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
  • Victoria County

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

Cemeteries Near Sweet Home ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweet Home.

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

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

  • Sweet Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Peace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sweet Home City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Yellow Bank Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow Bank Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow Bank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Restland Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restland Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Memorial Park is located outside and to the north of Yoakum.
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pilot Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilot Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilot Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Teppim Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teppim Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teppim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bunjus Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunjus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bunjus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...
    • Charlottenburg Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlottenburg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlottenburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • San Pedro Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Pedro Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Pedro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • County Line Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Line Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Line 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sweet Home had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Yoakum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wied
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wied. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Wied is located in Lavaca County
  • Williamsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Lavaca County
  • Shiner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Lavaca County
  • Terryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
  • Hallettsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ezzell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
    • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
  • Witting
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witting have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
    • Witting is located in Lavaca County
  • Edgar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
  • Breslau
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
  • Kokernot
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kokernot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
    • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hochheim
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hochheim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
      • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <2>
    • Stratton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stratton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
      • Stratton is located in DeWitt County
    • Concrete
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concrete have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
      • Concrete is located in DeWitt County

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

Newspapers Published in Sweet Home ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Home.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweet Home, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweet Home.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Sweet Home:

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

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>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 Sweet Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweet Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweet Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3452, Longitude: -97.0717       In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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