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 Worthing (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 Worthing. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Worthing 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 Worthing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Worthing:
- Lavaca County (The home county of Worthing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Wied
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Hallettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Breslau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Shiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Komensky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Ezzell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Moravia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Sublime
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Moulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Colorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Bielau ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bielau is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
- Provident City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Provident City is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident City
- Weimar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Borden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Borden is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
- Rock Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Island is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Yoakum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Pearl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Hochheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Cuero
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Praha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Engle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Flatonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Schulenburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Freyburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Freyburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
- Dubina ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dubina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
- Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Muldoon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hostyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hostyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
- Cistern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Gonzales County
- The following are listed by their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Kokernot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Glaze City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
- Hamon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Waelder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cheapside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Gonzales
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Sandy Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Cost
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cost is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
- Jackson County
- Morales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morales is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Worthing, see our County-by-County Page for Worthing.
Cemeteries Near Worthing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Worthing.
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 Worthing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Worthing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- New County Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old County Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pagel Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Charlottenburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Queen of Peace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hallettsville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jewish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
- Coleman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Breslau Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Witting Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mikeska Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Worthing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Worthing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Worthing, with the one closest to Worthing listed first.
- Williamsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Wied
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Hallettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Witting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
- Breslau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Shiner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kinkler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
- Yoakum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ezzell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Moravia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vienna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vienna is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Sublime
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Worthing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Worthing.
Newspapers Published in Worthing ...
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 Worthing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Worthing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Worthing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Worthing:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Lavaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colorado County
- DeWitt County
- Fayette County
- Gonzales County
- Jackson 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 Worthing, 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 from Point A (ie- Worthing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |