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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 Granger (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 Granger. 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 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.

Granger is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam & Travis.

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

  • Williamson County     (The home county of Granger)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granger, with the one closest to Granger listed first.
    • Friendship ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • 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 Granger to Friendship
    • Schwertner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Hoxie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Walburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walburg
      • Walburg is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walburg <3>
    • Laneport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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 Granger to Laneport
    • Weir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Taylor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jarrell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrell
      • Jarrell is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,077 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarrell <3>
    • Thrall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Thrall is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thrall <3>
    • Hutto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <3>
    • Georgetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Serenada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Beyersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bastrop County
  • Bell County
  • Burnet County
    • Briggs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briggs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
      • Briggs is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Briggs <3>
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granger, with the one closest to Granger listed first.
    • Blue
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Knobbs Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hicks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hicks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
      • Hicks is located in Lee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hicks
      • From Granger to Hicks
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granger, with the one closest to Granger listed first.
    • Davilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Val Verde
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Thorndale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorndale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndale
      • Thorndale is located in Milam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thorndale <3>
    • Tracy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Buckholts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Rockdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Minerva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cameron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granger, with the one closest to Granger listed first.
    • Cele
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pflugerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pflugerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Manda ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
      • Manda is located in Travis County
    • New Sweden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Sweden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
      • New Sweden is located in Travis County
    • Windemere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windemere have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
      • Windemere is located in Travis County
    • Three Points
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wells Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
      • Wells Branch is located in Travis County
    • Kings Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
      • Kings Village is located in Travis County
    • Littig
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Manor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • 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 <3>
    • Villa Siesta Retirement Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Daffan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Granger ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granger.

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

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

  • Granger Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Granger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Black Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Machu Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Machu Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Machu Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bartlett City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Bartlett Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Denison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gardner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gardner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (246 more) ...
    • McFadin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFadin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McFadin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Allison Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allison Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sloan - Easley Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sloan - Easley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sloan - Easley 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Granger had a population of 261 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Granger had a population of 1,514 people.

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

  • Circleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
    • Circleville is located in Williamson County
  • Bartlett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartlett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Bartlett is located in Bell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,766 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bartlett <3>
  • Jonah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
    • Jonah is located in Williamson County
  • Walburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walburg
    • Walburg is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walburg <3>
  • Laneport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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 Granger to Laneport
  • Donahoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donahoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahoe
    • Donahoe is located in Bell County
  • Theon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
    • Theon is located in Williamson County
  • Taylor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Davilla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Vilas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Holland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Corn Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
    • Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hutto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <3>
    • Georgetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • San Gabriel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Gabriel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Gabriel
      • San Gabriel is located in Milam County

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

Newspapers Published in Granger ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granger.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granger, 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 Granger.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Granger:

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

The official website for Williamson County: www.wilco.org/

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>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 Granger, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Granger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7188, Longitude: -97.4428    









 

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