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 Vienna (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 Vienna. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Vienna is located in Lavaca 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 Lavaca County: Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Jackson, Victoria & Wharton.
Below are the counties that are near Vienna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vienna:
- Lavaca County (The home county of Vienna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Sublime
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Speaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ezzell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Hallettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Breslau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Sweet Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wied
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Gleckler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
- Moravia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Komensky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Colorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Sheridan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Provident City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Provident City is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- New Bielau ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Bielau is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
- Borden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Borden is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
- Weimar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Altair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glidden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boedecker Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boedecker Junction is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boedecker Junction
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Terryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Yoakum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pearl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Edgar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Hochheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Schulenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dubina ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dubina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
- Engle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Praha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Freyburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Freyburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
- Flatonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gonzales County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Kokernot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Glaze City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Morales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Morales is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
- Edna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ganado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matilda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Matilda is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Wharton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Hahn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hahn is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahn
- Louise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vienna, see our County-by-County Page for Vienna.
Cemeteries Near Vienna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vienna.
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 Vienna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vienna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Haidusek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pagel Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smoothingiron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Obelgoner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vsetin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geiger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Geiger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hallettsville City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallettsville City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hallettsville City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hallettsville.
- The Hallettsville City Cemetery has also been known as:
- City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641455 <2>
- Continue List (152 more) ...
- Jewish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jewish Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Hallettsville.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old County Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Vienna had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Sublime
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ezzell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Hallettsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Kinkler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Breslau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Wied
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Sweet Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Morales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Morales is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gleckler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
- Moravia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Witting
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vienna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vienna.
Newspapers Published in Vienna ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vienna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vienna, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vienna.
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 Vienna:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Lavaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colorado County
- DeWitt County
- Fayette County
- Gonzales County
- Jackson County
- Wharton 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Vienna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vienna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |