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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 High Valley (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 High Valley. 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 High Valley ...

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 High Valley: High Vly. (or less commonly used: High Vally. or High Vlly.)

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

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.

High Valley is located in San Saba 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 San Saba County: Brown, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch & Mills.

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

  • San Saba County     (The home county of High Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Valley, with the one closest to High Valley listed first.
    • Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cherokee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • San Saba
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Richland Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Locker ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Locker is located in San Saba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Valley, with the one closest to High Valley listed first.
    • Naruna
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Silver Creek Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Burnet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Valley, with the one closest to High Valley listed first.
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
    • Nix
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Lometa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lampasas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Adamsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Izoro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Valley, with the one closest to High Valley listed first.
    • Tow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bluffton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lone Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Valley Spring
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Llano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Kingsland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Mason County
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Valley, with the one closest to High Valley listed first.
    • Goldthwaite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Center City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Center City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
    • Star
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Regency ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Regency is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
    • Bozar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bozar is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar

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

Cemeteries Near High Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Valley.

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 High Valley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • High Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bend Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Chappel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rough Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nix Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Senterfitt Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony Ridge Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Farr Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Long Cove Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • J.H. Shorty Brown Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of San Saba.
      • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
      • San Saba County Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974126 <2>

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.<4>

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

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

  • Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Nix
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Lometa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • San Saba
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Naruna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Baby Head ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Lone Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Bluffton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lampasas
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Valley Spring
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Big Valley is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
  • Llano
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Sunnylane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
    • Goldthwaite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Adamsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville

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

Newspapers Published in High Valley ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Valley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Valley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for High Valley.

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 helpful 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 High Valley:

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>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- High Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 High Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.