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 Brushy 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 Brushy 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 Brushy 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 Brushy Creek: Brushy Crk. (or less commonly used: Brushy Ck. or Brushy Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brushy Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brushy Creek.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brushy Creek is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Brushy Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brushy Creek:
- Williamson County (The home county of Brushy Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Jollyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Leander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hutto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Serenada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Sun City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Weir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Bertram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oatmeal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spicewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Briggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Hays
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dripping Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Wells Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Kings Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Three Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Windemere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Pflugerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Volente
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nameless is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Nameless has also been known as:
- Cross Creek
- Fairview
- Cele
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Hudson Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
- Daffan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brushy Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Brushy Creek.
Cemeteries Near Brushy Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brushy 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 Brushy Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brushy Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- McNeil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bratton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jollyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Capital Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whiteley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whitley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Memorial Hill Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery is located in Austin.
- The Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5191 <2>
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Upchurch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bagdad Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evangelical Free Church (EFC) Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Brushy Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brushy Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brushy Creek, with the one closest to Brushy Creek listed first.
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McNeil
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Leander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Volente
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hutto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Daffan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Jonah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonah is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Liberty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Sweden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rices Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Austin
(17 miles [27.4 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 Brushy Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brushy Creek.
Newspapers Published in Brushy 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 300 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brushy Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brushy Creek, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brushy 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 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 Brushy Creek:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell County
- Burnet County
- Hays County
- Travis 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 Brushy Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brushy Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |