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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 Golden Beach (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 Golden Beach. 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 Golden Beach ...

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 Golden Beach: Golden Bch.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Golden Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Golden Beach.

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 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.

Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Golden Beach:

  • Llano County     (The home county of Golden Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Bluffton
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Kingsland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Llano
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Valley Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Castell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Blowout
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Round Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Silver Creek Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Burnet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Highland Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Naruna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Granite Shoals
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlakes
      (19 miles [30.6 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 east)
    • Bertram
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Shovel Mountain
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Spicewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Eckert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Willow City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Nix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Lampasas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Lometa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Mason County
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Golden Beach, with the one closest to Golden Beach listed first.
    • Cherokee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • San Saba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Golden Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Golden Beach.

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 Golden Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bluffton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Flat Rock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pennington Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Board Branch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cap Mtn. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Paschall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fry Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mayes Chapel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (83 more) ...
    • Wrights Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Honey Creek Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Baby Head Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Bluffton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lone Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Llano
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Baby Head ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Burnet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fairland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Naruna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Sudduth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Marble Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bend
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Valley Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Sunnylane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
    • Nix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix

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

Newspapers Published in Golden Beach ...

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 Golden Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Golden Beach, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Golden Beach.

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 Golden Beach:

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