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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 Cavitt (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 Cavitt. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Cavitt is located in Coryell 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 Coryell County: Bell, Bosque, Hamilton, Lampasas & McLennan.

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

  • Coryell County     (The home county of Cavitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavitt, with the one closest to Cavitt listed first.
    • Lime City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Oglesby
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Leon Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • McGregor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Mound
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Flat
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • South Mountain
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Mountain is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Fort Gates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • Coryell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Gatesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavitt, with the one closest to Cavitt listed first.
    • Moffat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
    • Brookhaven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Morgan's Point Resort
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pendleton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Troy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Nolanville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Temple
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McNair Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Belton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Chaffee Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Fort Hood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bosque County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavitt, with the one closest to Cavitt listed first.
    • Valley Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cayote
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cayote is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
    • Norse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Norse is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norse
    • Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Greenock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Greenock is located in Bosque County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavitt, with the one closest to Cavitt listed first.
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Blevins
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Blevins is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
    • Mooreville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mooreville is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
    • North Prairie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • North Prairie is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prairie
    • Durango
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Durango is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
    • Golinda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Golinda is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
    • Chilton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Satin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Westphalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Westphalia is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
    • Lott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cavitt, with the one closest to Cavitt listed first.
    • Moody
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Moody is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
    • Crawford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Bruceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Eddy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lorena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lorena is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
    • Woodway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hewitt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Speegleville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Speegleville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speegleville
    • China Spring
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Beverly Hills is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
    • Robinson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bosqueville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bosqueville is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosqueville

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

Cemeteries Near Cavitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cavitt.

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 Cavitt - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Station Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Eagle Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Seaton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Comanche Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blackfoot Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lamb Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Flint Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Buckhorn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Moody - Leon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (159 more) ...
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mound Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • King & Smith Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Lime City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lime City is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
  • Oglesby
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pecan Grove ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Leon Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitson is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitson
  • Mound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • The Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
  • McGregor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Osage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Osage is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
  • Moody
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moody is located in McLennan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
  • Crawford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fort Gates
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Moffat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
    • Coryell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Coryell is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryell
    • Gatesville
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Cavitt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cavitt.

Newspapers Published in Cavitt ...

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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cavitt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cavitt, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cavitt.

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 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 Cavitt:

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 Cavitt, 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 from Point A (ie- Cavitt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.