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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 Hunt Crossing (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 Hunt Crossing. 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 Hunt Crossing ...

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 Hunt Crossing: Hunt Xing.

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.

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

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

  • Williamson County     (The home county of Hunt Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Crossing, with the one closest to Hunt Crossing listed first.
    • Sun City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Andice
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Serenada
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
    • Leander
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Leander is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <1>
    • Georgetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Brushy Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
    • Cedar Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Weir
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Weir is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
    • Jarrell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
    • Round Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Crossing, with the one closest to Hunt Crossing listed first.
    • Ding Dong
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Bartlett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Salado
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Harker Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Holland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Killeen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Nolanville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaffee Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Copperas Cove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Fort Hood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • McNair Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Crossing, with the one closest to Hunt Crossing listed first.
    • Bertram
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Briggs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oatmeal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Burnet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Spicewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Marble Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Meadowlakes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Crossing, with the one closest to Hunt Crossing listed first.
    • Montague Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village II
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
  • Lampasas County
    • Kempner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunt Crossing, with the one closest to Hunt Crossing listed first.
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
    • Jonestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Volente
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Three Points
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Three Points is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
    • Wells Branch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Wells Branch is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
    • Windemere
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Windemere is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
    • Kings Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Village is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • Lago Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hudson Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
    • Pflugerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Villa Siesta Retirement Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Briarcliff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hunt Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunt Crossing.

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 Hunt Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bullion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hunt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sawyer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fore Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Hollow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Upchurch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Whiteley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...

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 Hunt Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hunt Crossing.

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

  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Leander
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <1>
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mahomet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
  • Cedar Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Theon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Theon is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
  • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
  • Round Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Walburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Corn Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
  • Bertram
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Jonah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jonah is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
    • Volente
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • McNeil
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • McNeil is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil

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

Newspapers Published in Hunt Crossing ...

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 268 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunt Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunt Crossing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunt Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Hunt Crossing:

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 Hunt Crossing, 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- Hunt Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.