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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 Williamsburg (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 Williamsburg. 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.

Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamsburg:

  • Lavaca County     (The home county of Williamsburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
    • Hallettsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wied
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
      • Wied is located in Lavaca County
    • Sweet Home
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <1>
    • Ezzell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
      • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
    • Breslau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
    • Sublime
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Hope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Lavaca County
    • Hackberry ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
      • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Moravia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Komensky
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
      • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Shiner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Moulton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Speaks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
    • Oakland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sheridan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bielau ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bielau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
      • New Bielau is located in Colorado County
    • Provident City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Provident City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
      • Provident City is located in Colorado County
    • Weimar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Borden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
      • Borden is located in Colorado County
    • Rock Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
      • Rock Island is located in Colorado County
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
    • Yoakum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Terryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
    • Pearl City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
      • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
    • Edgar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
    • Hochheim
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hochheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochheim
      • Hochheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hochheim <1>
    • Cuero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomaston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
    • Engle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
      • Engle is located in Fayette County
    • Praha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
      • Praha is located in Fayette County
      • Praha has also been known as:
      • Hottentot
    • Schulenburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Flatonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dubina ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dubina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
      • Dubina is located in Fayette County
    • Freyburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freyburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
      • Freyburg is located in Fayette County
    • Muldoon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldoon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldoon
      • Muldoon is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldoon <1>
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Williamsburg, with the one closest to Williamsburg listed first.
    • Kokernot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kokernot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
      • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Glaze City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glaze City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
      • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
    • Hamon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
      • Hamon is located in Gonzales County
    • Cheapside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
      • Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
    • Waelder
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gonzales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • Morales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
      • Morales is located in Jackson County

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

Newspapers Published in Williamsburg ...

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 Williamsburg.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Williamsburg:

Cemeteries Near Williamsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamsburg.

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

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

  • New County Farm Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New County Farm Cemetery
  • Old County Farm Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old County Farm Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Pagel Settlement Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pagel Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pagel Settlement Cemetery
  • Yellow Bank Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yellow Bank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yellow Bank Cemetery
  • Pagel Settlement Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pagel Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pagel Settlement Cemetery
  • Sweet Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home Cemetery
  • Mikeska Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mikeska Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mikeska Cemetery
  • Sweet Home City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Home City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Home City Cemetery
  • Queen of Peace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen of Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Peace Cemetery
  • Fuller Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fuller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fuller Cemetery
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Charlottenburg Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlottenburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlottenburg Cemetery
    • Pilot Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilot Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilot Grove Cemetery
    • Breslau Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Breslau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breslau Cemetery

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 Williamsburg had a population of 218 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hallettsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Wied
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Wied is located in Lavaca County
  • Sweet Home
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <1>
  • Ezzell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
    • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
  • Breslau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Breslau is located in Lavaca County
  • Vienna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Vienna is located in Lavaca County
  • Kinkler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
    • Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
  • Witting
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witting have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
    • Witting is located in Lavaca County
  • Sublime
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Lavaca County
  • Yoakum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hackberry ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moravia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Moravia is located in Lavaca County
    • Shiner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Terryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
      • Terryville 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 Williamsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsburg.

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

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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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3894, Longitude: -96.9591       In this case, the coordinates for Williamsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Williamsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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