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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 Garfield (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 Garfield. 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.

Garfield is primarily located in Travis County. A portion of Garfield extends into Bastrop 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 Garfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garfield:

  • Travis County     (The home county of Garfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Webberville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elroy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Del Valle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pilot Knob
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Manor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Daffan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Littig
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Austin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Carl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
      • Carl is located in Travis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Carl
      • From Garfield to Carl
    • Creedmoor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creedmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creedmoor
      • Creedmoor is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creedmoor <1>
    • Rollingwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
      • Rollingwood is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
    • Villa Siesta Retirement Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Siesta Retirement Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Onion Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onion Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
      • Onion Creek is located in Travis County
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Wyldwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyldwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
      • Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
    • Cedar Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Mustang Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Phelan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bastrop
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Camp Swift
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Elgin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bateman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Red Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • McDade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Upton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosanky
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Togo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Lytton Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Saint Johns Colony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Johns Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
      • Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
    • Mendoza
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Niederwald
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Elm Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Garfield to Elm Grove
    • Pettytown
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Garfield to Pettytown
    • Taylorsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Uhland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockhart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • McMahan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMahan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
      • McMahan is located in Caldwell County
    • Seawillow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seawillow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
    • Maxwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
      • Maxwell is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <1>
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Buda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Goforth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Flatrock Ford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Kyle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Bear Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
    • Driftwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fitzhugh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lee County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Coupland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jollyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jollyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
      • Jollyville is located in Williamson County
    • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Round Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
      • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
    • Anderson Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
      • Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
    • Hutto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Round Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Brushy Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
      • Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
    • Beyersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Garfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garfield.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield 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, Garfield had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Webberville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunlap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunlap have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
    • Dunlap is located in Travis County
  • Del Valle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Manor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Daffan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Littig
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Carl
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
    • Carl is located in Travis County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Carl
    • From Garfield to Carl
  • Creedmoor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creedmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creedmoor
    • Creedmoor is located in Travis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creedmoor <1>
  • Austin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bluff Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs
    • Bluff Springs is located in Travis County
  • Lytton Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sayersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sayersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
      • Sayersville is located in Bastrop County
    • Bastrop
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bastrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Elgin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Garfield ...

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 339 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garfield, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garfield.

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 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 Garfield:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garfield. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Garfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1873, Longitude: -97.5563       In this case, the coordinates for Garfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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