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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 Granite Shoals (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 Granite Shoals. 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 Granite Shoals ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Granite Shoals: Granite Shls.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Granite Shoals is located in Burnet 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 Burnet County: Bell, Blanco, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis & Williamson.

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

  • Burnet County     (The home county of Granite Shoals)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Shoals, with the one closest to Granite Shoals listed first.
    • Highland Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Shores
      • Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood Shores <2>
    • Meadowlakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Marble Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Burnet
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spicewood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
      • Spicewood is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicewood <2>
    • Silver Creek Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
    • Oatmeal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bertram
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bertram have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
      • Bertram is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bertram <2>
    • Naruna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Shoals, with the one closest to Granite Shoals listed first.
    • Round Mountain
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sandy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnson City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hye
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <2>
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Shoals, with the one closest to Granite Shoals listed first.
    • Willow City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eckert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Albert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
  • Hays County
    • Henly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
      • Henly is located in Hays County
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Shoals, with the one closest to Granite Shoals listed first.
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <2>
    • Kingsland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
      • Kingsland is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsland <2>
    • Buchanan Dam
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • Bluffton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buchanan Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Lake Village
      • Buchanan Lake Village is located in Llano County
    • Lone Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Tow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baby Head have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Granite Shoals, with the one closest to Granite Shoals listed first.
    • Briarcliff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lago Vista
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Point Venture
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Venture have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
      • Point Venture is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
      • Point Venture has also been known as:
      • Point Venture village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Venture <2>
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
    • Jonestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
      • Jonestown is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,169 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <2>
    • The Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
      • The Hills is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
    • Lakeway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeway
      • Lakeway is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeway <2>
    • Volente
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volente have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volente
      • Volente is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Volente <2>
    • Buffalo Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
  • Williamson County
    • Liberty Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
      • Liberty Hill is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty Hill <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Granite Shoals ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granite Shoals.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granite Shoals, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Granite Shoals.

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 Granite Shoals:

Cemeteries Near Granite Shoals ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granite Shoals.

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

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

  • Wolf Crossing Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolf Crossing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Crossing Cemetery
  • Fox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Cemetery
  • Tobey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tobey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tobey Cemetery
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingsland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingsland Cemetery
  • Konvicka Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Konvicka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Konvicka Cemetery
  • Richter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richter Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoovers Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoovers Valley Cemetery
  • Mormon Mill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murchinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murchinson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (90 more) ...
    • Round Mountain Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Burnam Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burnam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burnam Cemetery
    • Pangle Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pangle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pangle Cemetery

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>

While we didn't find Granite Shoals in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Granite Shoals.

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

  • Marble Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fairland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
  • Shovel Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
  • Sudduth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudduth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
  • Round Mountain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Click is located in Llano County
  • Smithwick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
  • Blowout
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Burnet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cypress Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluffton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lone Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Oxford ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Johnson City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

The official website for Granite Shoals: www.graniteshoals.org/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Granite Shoals) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granite Shoals. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5860, Longitude: -98.3830       In this case, the coordinates for Granite Shoals have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Granite Shoals, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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