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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 Blowout (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 Blowout. 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.

Blowout is located in Blanco 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 Blanco County: Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Llano & Travis.

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

  • Blanco County     (The home county of Blowout)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blowout, with the one closest to Blowout listed first.
    • Sandy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Mountain
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hye
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <1>
    • Johnson City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Mill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flugrath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
    • Blanco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blowout, with the one closest to Blowout listed first.
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite Shoals
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
    • Highland Haven
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
    • Shovel Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
    • Meadowlakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Marble Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Spicewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
      • Spicewood is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicewood <1>
    • Silver Creek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Burnet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blowout, with the one closest to Blowout listed first.
    • Willow City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eckert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Albert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
    • Blumenthal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blumenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
    • Fredericksburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Luckenbach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cain City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
    • Grapetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
  • Hays County
    • Henly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Henly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
      • Henly is located in Hays County
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blowout, with the one closest to Blowout listed first.
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
    • Kingsland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
    • Buchanan Dam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Llano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lone Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Bluffton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Castell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baby Head. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Tow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Mason County
    • Loyal Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County

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

Cemeteries Near Blowout ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blowout.

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

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

  • Davis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Davis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3183 <4>
  • Roberts / Shelley / Hardin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eckert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eckert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sandy Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (110 more) ...
    • Honey Creek Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honey Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honey Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Round Mountain Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rode Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blowout had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Willow City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Round Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Hye
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
    • Hye is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <1>
  • Stonewall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Johnson City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shovel Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
  • Cypress Mill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Marble Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fredericksburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Luckenbach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Llano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Fairland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Blowout. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blowout.

Newspapers Published in Blowout ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blowout.

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

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 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 Blowout:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blowout. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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 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>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.
<4>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.
<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- Blowout) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blowout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4471, Longitude: -98.5775       In this case, the coordinates for Blowout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Blowout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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