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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Baby Head. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Baby Head to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Baby Head, please Contact Us.

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 Baby Head (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 Baby Head. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Baby Head is historic, it would have been located within present day Llano 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 Llano County: Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Mason & San Saba.

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

  • Llano County     (The home county of Baby Head)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baby Head, with the one closest to Baby Head listed first.
    • Lone Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Llano
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Valley Spring
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bluffton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buchanan Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Lake Village
      • Buchanan Lake Village is located in Llano County
    • Buchanan Dam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
      • Kingsland is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsland <3>
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • Castell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
      • Castell is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <3>
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <3>
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baby Head, with the one closest to Baby Head listed first.
    • Silver Creek Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
    • Naruna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Highland Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Burnet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Granite Shoals
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Shoals
      • Granite Shoals is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Shoals <3>
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Shores
      • Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood Shores <3>
    • Marble Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baby Head, with the one closest to Baby Head listed first.
    • Nix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senterfitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
    • Lometa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lampasas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baby Head, with the one closest to Baby Head listed first.
    • Pontotoc
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fredonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Art
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Art have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
      • Art is located in Mason County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Art <3>
    • Loyal Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baby Head, with the one closest to Baby Head listed first.
    • Cherokee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Saba
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Baby Head ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baby Head.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baby Head, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baby Head.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Baby Head:

Cemeteries Near Baby Head ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baby Head.

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

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

  • Baby Head Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baby Head Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baby Head Cemetery
  • Mayes Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayes Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayes Chapel Cemetery
  • Wrights Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wrights Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wrights Creek Cemetery
  • Board Branch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Board Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Board Branch Cemetery
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Flat Rock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluffton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluffton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluffton Cemetery
  • Kuykendall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Tow Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tow Cemetery
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Valley Spring Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Spring Cemetery
    • Chappel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cap Mtn. Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cap Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cap Mtn. 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.

Baby Head itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 56 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lone Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
  • Llano
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Valley Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bluffton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Field Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Creek
    • Field Creek is located in Llano County
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
  • Pontotoc
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • San Saba
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Naruna
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
  • Castell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
    • Castell is located in Llano County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <3>
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Click is located in Llano County
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Nix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Burnet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Fairland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
      • Fairland is located in Burnet County

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Baby Head, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Baby Head) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baby Head. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8880, Longitude: -98.6539       In this case, the coordinates for Baby Head have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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