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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 Highland Haven (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 Highland Haven. 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 Highland Haven ...

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 Highland Haven: Highland Hvn. (or less commonly used: Highland Havn.)

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

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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

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

  • Burnet County     (The home county of Highland Haven)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
    • Granite Shoals
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowlakes
      (6 miles [9.7 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
    • Marble Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 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
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Burnet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spicewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (17 miles [27.4 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 east)
    • Bertram
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna
      (26 miles [41.8 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 Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
    • Round Mountain
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnson City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hye
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
    • Willow City
      (23 miles [37 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hays County
    • Henly
      (30 miles [48.3 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 Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (9 miles [14.5 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Tow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Valley Spring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Haven, with the one closest to Highland Haven listed first.
    • Briarcliff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lago Vista
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 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
    • Point Venture
      (28 miles [45.1 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>
    • Jonestown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Hudson Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
    • Lakeway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamson County
    • Liberty Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Highland Haven ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Haven.

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 Highland Haven - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wolf Crossing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Tobey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Konvicka Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Paschall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mormon Mill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (91 more) ...
    • Honey Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Richter Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennington Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Marble Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fairland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Sudduth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Shovel Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
  • Round Mountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Burnet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Blowout
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Bluffton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Smithwick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Sandy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cypress Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Lone Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Oxford ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Oxford is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Llano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Highland Haven ...

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 Highland Haven.

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

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 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 Highland Haven:

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 Highland Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.