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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 Cyclone (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 Cyclone. 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 northeast 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 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.

Cyclone is located in Bell 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 Bell County: Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam & Williamson.

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

  • Bell County     (The home county of Cyclone)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cyclone, with the one closest to Cyclone listed first.
    • Ocker
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
      • Ocker is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ocker
      • From Cyclone to Ocker
    • Meeks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
      • Meeks is located in Bell County
    • Edgeworth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Edgeworth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
      • Edgeworth is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Edgeworth
      • From Cyclone to Edgeworth
    • Oenaville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oenaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
      • Oenaville is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oenaville
      • From Cyclone to Oenaville
    • Rogers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Heidenheimer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heidenheimer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidenheimer
      • Heidenheimer is located in Bell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heidenheimer <3>
    • Academy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Temple
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Little River-Academy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Little River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Troy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Troy is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,191 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
    • Sparks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Coryell County
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cyclone, with the one closest to Cyclone listed first.
    • Westphalia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westphalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
      • Westphalia is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westphalia
      • From Cyclone to Westphalia
    • Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zipperlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
      • Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
      • Zipperlandville has also been known as:
      • Zipperlen
      • Zipperlenville
    • Rosebud
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Durango
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durango. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
      • Durango is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durango
      • From Cyclone to Durango
    • Lott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lott
      • Lott is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lott <3>
    • Wilderville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilderville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
      • Wilderville is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wilderville
      • From Cyclone to Wilderville
    • Chilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mooreville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruceville - Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Highbank
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Satin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satin
      • Satin is located in Falls County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satin <3>
    • Golinda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golinda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
      • Golinda is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • McLennan County
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cyclone, with the one closest to Cyclone listed first.
    • Burlington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Buckholts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckholts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckholts
      • Buckholts is located in Milam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckholts <3>
    • Silver City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Milam County
    • Val Verde
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cameron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Marlow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Davilla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davilla
      • Davilla is located in Milam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davilla <3>
    • Baileyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jones Prairie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tracy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Maysfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Minerva
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Robertson County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cyclone, with the one closest to Cyclone listed first.
    • Laneport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laneport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneport
      • Laneport is located in Williamson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Laneport
      • From Cyclone to Laneport
    • Friendship ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friendship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Friendship is located in Williamson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Friendship
      • From Cyclone to Friendship
    • Schwertner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schwertner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwertner
      • Schwertner is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schwertner <3>
    • Granger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoxie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cyclone ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cyclone.

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

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

  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barclay Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barclay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barclay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dyess Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Seaton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dyess Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wedel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wedel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wedel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Theo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Theo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Theo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jena Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jena Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bluebonnet Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluebonnet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluebonnet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Flock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (284 more) ...
    • Marak Catholic & Methodius Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marak Catholic & Methodius Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marak Catholic & Methodius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Burlington - Black Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burlington - Black Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burlington - Black Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Burlington Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burlington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burlington 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, Cyclone had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ocker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocker
    • Ocker is located in Bell County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ocker
    • From Cyclone to Ocker
  • Barclay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barclay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
    • Barclay is located in Falls County
  • Seaton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
    • Seaton is located in Bell County
  • Westphalia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westphalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
    • Westphalia is located in Falls County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Westphalia
    • From Cyclone to Westphalia
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oenaville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oenaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oenaville
    • Oenaville is located in Bell County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Oenaville
    • From Cyclone to Oenaville
  • Burlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Heidenheimer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heidenheimer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidenheimer
    • Heidenheimer is located in Bell County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heidenheimer <3>
  • Belfalls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfalls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfalls
    • Belfalls is located in Bell County
  • Buckholts
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckholts have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckholts
    • Buckholts is located in Milam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckholts <3>
  • Ben Arnold
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Arnold
    • Ben Arnold is located in Milam County
  • Rosebud
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Travis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis
      • Travis is located in Falls County
    • Little River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Durango
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durango. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
      • Durango is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durango
      • From Cyclone to Durango

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

Newspapers Published in Cyclone ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cyclone.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cyclone, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cyclone.

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 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 Cyclone:

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

The official website for Bell County: www.bellcountytx.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Cyclone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cyclone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0276, Longitude: -97.1507       In this case, the coordinates for Cyclone 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 Cyclone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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