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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.

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 doctors and 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.

Granite Shoals is located in Burnet 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 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)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • 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)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Shovel Mountain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Burnet
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spicewood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Oatmeal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bertram
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • 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)
    • Blowout
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • 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)
  • 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)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Stonewall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Albert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
  • Hays County
    • Henly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Henly is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
  • 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)
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingsland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Bluffton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • 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)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • 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)
      • Point Venture is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
      • 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 <1>
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
    • Jonestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • The Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Hills is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
    • Lakeway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Volente
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
  • Williamson County
    • Liberty Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

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 Granite Shoals - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • Fox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Tobey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Konvicka Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Richter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mormon Mill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • 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)
    • Pangle Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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.<3>

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)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Shovel Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
  • Sudduth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Round Mountain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Smithwick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Blowout
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • 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)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Oxford ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oxford is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • 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.

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]<4>. 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 like to start with 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:

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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- Granite Shoals) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.