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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 Buchanan Lake Village (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 Buchanan Lake Village. 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 Buchanan Lake Village ...

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 Buchanan Lake Village: Buchanan Lk. Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Buchanan Lake Village is located in Llano 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 Llano County: Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Mason & San Saba.

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

  • Llano County     (The home county of Buchanan Lake Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan Lake Village, with the one closest to Buchanan Lake Village listed first.
    • Tow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluffton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lone Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Kingsland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Llano
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Valley Spring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan Lake Village, with the one closest to Buchanan Lake Village listed first.
    • Blowout
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Round Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan Lake Village, with the one closest to Buchanan Lake Village listed first.
    • Silver Creek Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Naruna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Burnet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Haven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Granite Shoals
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Marble Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Oatmeal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Bertram
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Shovel Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan Lake Village, with the one closest to Buchanan Lake Village listed first.
    • Nix
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Lampasas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Lometa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan Lake Village, with the one closest to Buchanan Lake Village listed first.
    • Bend
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • San Saba
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Buchanan Lake Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buchanan Lake Village.

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 Buchanan Lake Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Tow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Flat Rock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bluffton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Board Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pennington Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pebble Mound Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Cap Mtn. Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Paschall Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • Baby Head Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mayes Chapel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Wrights Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Buchanan Lake Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buchanan Lake Village.

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

  • Bluffton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Naruna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Baby Head ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Llano
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Burnet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fairland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Sudduth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Nix
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Sunnylane
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Marble Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lampasas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Spring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Buchanan Lake Village ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buchanan Lake Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buchanan Lake Village, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buchanan Lake Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Buchanan Lake Village:

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>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 Buchanan Lake Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buchanan Lake Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.