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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 Adamsville (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 Adamsville. 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 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.

Adamsville is located in Lampasas 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 Lampasas County: Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills & San Saba.

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

  • Lampasas County     (The home county of Adamsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adamsville, with the one closest to Adamsville listed first.
    • Izoro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lometa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lampasas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Nix
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senterfitt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
    • Kempner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner
      • Kempner is located in Lampasas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempner <1>
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adamsville, with the one closest to Adamsville listed first.
    • Copperas Cove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperas Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperas Cove
      • Copperas Cove is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copperas Cove <1>
    • Fort Hood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chaffee Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaffee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
    • McNair Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McNair Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
    • Killeen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
  • Burnet County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adamsville, with the one closest to Adamsville listed first.
    • Bee House
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Evant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • King
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for King. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to King
      • From Adamsville to King
    • Purmela
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purmela have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purmela
      • Purmela is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purmela <1>
    • Ireland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Levita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elijah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
    • Comanche Village III
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village III have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
    • Montague Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
    • Comanche Village I
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village I have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
    • Comanche Village II
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village II have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adamsville, with the one closest to Adamsville listed first.
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
    • McGirk ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
      • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McGirk
      • From Adamsville to McGirk
    • Whiteway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamilton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pottsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
      • Pottsville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottsville <1>
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adamsville, with the one closest to Adamsville listed first.
    • Star
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Mills County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <1>
    • Center City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
      • Center City is located in Mills County
    • Goldthwaite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bozar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • San Saba County

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

Cemeteries Near Adamsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adamsville.

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

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

  • Straley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Straley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Straley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Townsen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townsen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townsen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hines Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hines Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hines Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillsdale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oneal Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oneal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oneal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Groves Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Groves Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Groves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rock Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Langford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (96 more) ...
    • Kingsbury Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingsbury Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingsbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hurst Ranch Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurst Ranch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurst Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Murphy Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 in 1895, Adamsville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bee House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Evant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lometa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lampasas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pidcoke
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pidcoke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
  • King
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for King. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • King is located in Coryell County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to King
    • From Adamsville to King
  • Nix
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Purmela
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purmela have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purmela
    • Purmela is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purmela <1>
  • McGirk ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to McGirk
    • From Adamsville to McGirk
  • Ohio ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
    • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
  • Kempner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner
    • Kempner is located in Lampasas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempner <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Shive
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shive
      • Shive is located in Hamilton County
    • Levita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adamsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adamsville.

Newspapers Published in Adamsville ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adamsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adamsville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adamsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Adamsville:

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Adamsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Adamsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adamsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3015, Longitude: -98.1689