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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 Tunis (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 Tunis. 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 doctors 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.

Tunis is located in Burleson 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 Burleson County: Brazos, Lee, Milam, Robertson & Washington.

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

  • Burleson County     (The home county of Tunis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Cooks Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
      • Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
    • Snook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snook
      • Snook is located in Burleson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snook <2>
    • Caldwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lyons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Frenstat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
      • Frenstat is located in Burleson County
    • Somerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Scofield ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scofield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
      • Scofield is located in Burleson County
    • Clay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
      • Clay is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <2>
    • Deanville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chriesman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • San Antonio Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
      • San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
  • Brazos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Stone City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
      • Stone City is located in Brazos County
    • Rye ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Rye is located in Brazos County
    • Bryan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
      • Bryan is located in Brazos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <2>
    • College Station
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellborn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Boonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
      • Boonville is located in Brazos County
    • Millican
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tabor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
      • Tabor is located in Brazos County
    • Wixon Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wixon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
      • Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
    • Allen Farm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
      • Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
    • Kurten
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
      • Edge is located in Brazos County
    • Navasota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navasota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navasota
      • Navasota is located in Brazos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,374 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Navasota <2>
  • Fayette County
    • Carmine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmine
      • Carmine is located in Fayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmine <2>
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Dime Box
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Dime Box
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
      • Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
    • Hicks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
      • Hicks is located in Lee County
    • Tanglewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
      • Tanglewood is located in Lee County
    • Loebau
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loebau
      • Loebau is located in Lee County
    • Lexington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Gause
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gause have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gause
      • Gause is located in Milam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gause <2>
    • Milano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milano
      • Milano is located in Milam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milano <2>
    • Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Sullivan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
      • Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
    • Rockdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Mumford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
      • Mumford is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mumford <2>
    • Hearne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
      • Hearne is located in Robertson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <2>
    • Wheelock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Elliot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
      • Elliot is located in Robertson County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tunis, with the one closest to Tunis listed first.
    • Quarry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
      • Quarry is located in Washington County
    • Gay Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
      • Gay Hill is located in Washington County
    • Independence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rehburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
      • Rehburg is located in Washington County
    • Burton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Washington ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brenham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Brenham is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brenham <2>
    • Whitman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
      • Whitman is located in Washington County
    • La Bahia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
      • La Bahia is located in Washington County
    • Graball ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graball have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
      • Graball is located in Washington County

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

Newspapers Published in Tunis ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tunis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tunis, 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 Tunis.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Tunis:

Cemeteries Near Tunis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tunis.

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

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

  • Brazos Bottom Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Giesenschlag Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Zion Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Hill Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Caldwell.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548708 <4>
  • Mound Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Draper Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Snock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snock Cemetery
  • Snook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodson Cemetery
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Cemetery
  • Cooks Point Brethren Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook's Point Methodist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (232 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tunis had a population of 187 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Cooks Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
    • Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
  • Davidson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davidson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
    • Davidson is located in Burleson County
  • Merle ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
    • Merle is located in Burleson County
  • Caldwell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lyons
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Frenstat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
    • Frenstat is located in Burleson County
  • College Station
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bryan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
    • Bryan is located in Brazos County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <2>
  • Somerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Wellborn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mumford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mumford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
    • Mumford is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mumford <2>
  • Benchley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benchley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
    • Benchley is located in Robertson County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Deanville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
      • Clay is located in Burleson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <2>
    • Chriesman
      (15 miles [24.1 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 Tunis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tunis.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Tunis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tunis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5451, Longitude: -96.5271    
<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>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.
<6>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 Tunis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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