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 Barton Creek (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 Barton Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Barton Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Barton Creek: Barton Crk. (or less commonly used: Barton Ck. or Barton Cr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Barton Creek is located in Travis 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 Travis County: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Barton Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barton Creek:
- Travis County (The home county of Barton Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Lost Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- West Lake Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Lake Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,254 people
- Rollingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rollingwood is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Sunset Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tanglewood Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
- Buffalo Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
- Lakeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Hudson Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
- Manchaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Mustang Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Cedar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Blanco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Cypress Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Round Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Spicewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shovel Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Niederwald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Mendoza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Uhland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Lytton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Maxwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reedville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Saint Johns Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Martindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
- Fitzhugh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Hays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Buda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flatrock Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Driftwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dripping Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Goforth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Mount Gainor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Kyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Henly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Woodcreek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Anderson Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Jollyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Cedar Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brushy Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Leander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hutto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Serenada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Coupland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barton Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Barton Creek.
Cemeteries Near Barton Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barton Creek.
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 Barton Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barton Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Oaks Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cook Walden Forest Oaks Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McNeil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oliver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Darter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preece Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (168 more) ...
- Assumption Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Texas State Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Barton Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barton Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barton Creek, with the one closest to Barton Creek listed first.
- Oak Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cedar Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Austin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Manchaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bluff Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Springs is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
- Volente
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Del Valle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dripping Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Driftwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Daffan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- McNeil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Creedmoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barton Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barton Creek.
Newspapers Published in Barton Creek ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barton Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barton Creek, 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 Barton Creek.
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 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 Barton Creek:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Blanco County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Hays County
- Williamson 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 Barton Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barton Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |