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 Wilcox (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 Wilcox. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Wilcox is located in Burleson 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 Burleson County: Brazos, Lee, Milam, Robertson & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Wilcox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilcox:
- Burleson County (The home county of Wilcox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Snook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scofield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scofield is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
- Tunis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Somerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Frenstat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Cooks Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Birch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Caldwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- San Antonio Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- New Wehdem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Wehdem is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
- Sempronius ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sempronius is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Kenney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bleiblerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Brazos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Wellborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
- Millican
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- College Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Boonville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- Bryan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Navasota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rye ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Wixon Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Kurten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tabor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Fayette County
- Carmine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grimes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roans Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Apolonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Apolonia is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
- Stoneham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Iola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Dime Box
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Old Dime Box
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Benchley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Mumford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Saint Paul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Quarry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- Gay Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gay Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
- Washington ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Rehburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehburg
- Brenham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Graball ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graball is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Chappell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Burton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenvine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenvine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvine
- La Bahia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Bahia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bahia
- Wesley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilcox, see our County-by-County Page for Wilcox.
Cemeteries Near Wilcox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilcox.
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 Wilcox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilcox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Clay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Botts Ferry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Snook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Merle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Khrone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodfork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Giesenschlag Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Independence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newsome Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mound Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Summers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawrence Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Lyons.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4775 <2>
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 Wilcox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilcox.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Wellborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Allen Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Allen Farm is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Farm
- William Penn ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- William Penn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Penn
- Millican
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lyons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Somerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Quarry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry
- College Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gay Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gay Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Hill
- Washington ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilcox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilcox.
Newspapers Published in Wilcox ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilcox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilcox, 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 Wilcox.
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 Wilcox:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Burleson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Brazos County
- Fayette County
- Grimes County
- Lee County
- Robertson County
- Waller County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilcox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wilcox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |