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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 Daffan (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 Daffan. 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 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.

Daffan is located in Travis 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 Travis County: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays & Williamson.

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

  • Travis County     (The home county of Daffan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daffan, with the one closest to Daffan listed first.
    • Manor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
      • Manor is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <2>
    • Villa Siesta Retirement Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Siesta Retirement Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Siesta Retirement Village
      • Villa Siesta Retirement Village is located in Travis County
    • Del Valle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Austin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
      • Kings Village is located in Travis County
    • Pflugerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pflugerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pflugerville
      • Pflugerville is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,826 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pflugerville <2>
    • Three Points
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wells Branch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
      • Wells Branch is located in Travis County
    • Windemere
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windemere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
      • Windemere is located in Travis County
    • New Sweden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
      • New Sweden is located in Travis County
    • Webberville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cele
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Garfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Travis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Garfield
      • From Daffan to Garfield
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daffan, with the one closest to Daffan listed first.
    • Elgin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Wyldwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyldwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
      • Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
    • Cedar Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Creek <2>
    • Mustang Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
      • Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
    • Camp Swift
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Phelan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McDade
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDade have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade
      • McDade is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDade <2>
    • Bastrop
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop
      • Bastrop is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bastrop <2>
    • Bateman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Red Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Upton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daffan, with the one closest to Daffan listed first.
    • Lytton Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mendoza
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Niederwald
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Saint Johns Colony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johns Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
      • Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
    • Uhland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Dale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Dale is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <2>
    • Elm Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elm Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
      • Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elm Grove
      • From Daffan to Elm Grove
    • Lockhart
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Pettytown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pettytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
      • Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pettytown
      • From Daffan to Pettytown
    • Taylorsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daffan, with the one closest to Daffan listed first.
    • Bear Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Bear Creek is located in Hays County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
    • Buda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
      • Hays is located in Hays County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Goforth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Flatrock Ford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Fitzhugh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Mountain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
      • Mountain City is located in Hays County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
    • Kyle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Driftwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dripping Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lee County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Daffan, with the one closest to Daffan listed first.
    • Jollyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jollyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
      • Jollyville is located in Williamson County
    • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Round Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
      • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
    • Round Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Anderson Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
      • Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
    • Brushy Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
      • Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
    • Hutto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
      • Hutto is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <2>
    • Coupland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Beyersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leander
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leander have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
      • Leander is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <2>
    • Weir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Weir is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Daffan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Daffan.

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

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

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.<5>

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

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

  • Manor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Manor is located in Travis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <2>
  • Dunlap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Dunlap is located in Travis County
  • Austin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Del Valle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Webberville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Sweden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
    • New Sweden is located in Travis County
  • Garfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Travis County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Garfield
    • From Daffan to Garfield
  • Littig
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • McNeil
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McNeil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
    • McNeil is located in Travis County
  • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Round Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
    • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
  • Round Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bluff Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
    • Bluff Springs is located in Travis County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Rices Crossing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rices Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
      • Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
    • Oak Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
      • Oak Hill is located in Travis County
    • Elgin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Daffan ...

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 330 newspapers that have been published in the area around Daffan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Daffan, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Daffan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Daffan:

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

The official website for Travis County: www.co.travis.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Daffan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Daffan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Daffan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3201, Longitude: -97.6269    









 

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