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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 Beverly Hills (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 Beverly Hills. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Beverly Hills is located in McLennan 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 McLennan County: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill & Limestone.

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

  • McLennan County     (The home county of Beverly Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Waco
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Waco is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
    • East Waco
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Waco is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
    • Robinson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hewitt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hewitt is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hewitt <1>
    • Woodway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bosqueville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
    • Bellmead
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Speegleville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Speegleville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
    • Downsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Downsville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
    • Lacy - Lakeview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rosenthal
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
    • Northcrest
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Northcrest is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Troy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pendleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oenaville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Oenaville is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
    • Moffat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Greenock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
    • Valley Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cayote
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Laguna Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Womack
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Womack is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
    • Clifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • McGregor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Oglesby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lime City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • The Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Coryell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Leon Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mound
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Golinda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Golinda is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • North Prairie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • North Prairie is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
    • Satin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mooreville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Mooreville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
    • Perry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Chilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Blevins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Blevins is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
    • Otto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Durango
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Durango is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
    • Marlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McClanahan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • McClanahan is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClanahan
  • Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Tyson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Tyson is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
    • Mount Calm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Aquilla
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Abbott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Penelope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chatt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Chatt is located in Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
    • Hubbard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Limestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beverly Hills, with the one closest to Beverly Hills listed first.
    • Watt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Watt is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watt
    • Prairie Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Ben Hur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Kirk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Kirk is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
    • Delia ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Delia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
    • Frosa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa

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

Cemeteries Near Beverly Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beverly Hills.

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 Beverly Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beverly Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Jacob - Sholom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rosemound Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Waco.
    • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Park Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5694 <2>
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Waco.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #374686 <2>
  • Whitehall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Waco Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rosemound Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Restland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Pauls Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (179 more) ...
    • Riggs Cemetery
      • The Riggs Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2593778 <2>
    • McLennan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bosqueville Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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 Beverly Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beverly Hills.

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

  • Waco
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Waco is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
  • Hewitt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hewitt is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,113 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hewitt <1>
  • Robinson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • East Waco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Waco is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Waco
  • Ritchie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ritchie is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchie
  • Bosqueville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville
  • Downs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Downs is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
  • Downsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Downsville is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
  • Speegleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Speegleville is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
  • Rosenthal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosenthal is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenthal
  • South Bosque
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • South Bosque is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bosque
  • Harrison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Harrison is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Elm Mott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Golinda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Golinda is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Gholson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gholson is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people

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

Newspapers Published in Beverly Hills ...

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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beverly Hills.

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

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 websites either 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 Beverly Hills:

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 Beverly Hills, 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- Beverly Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.