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 Keelersville (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 Keelersville. 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.
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.
Keelersville 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 Keelersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keelersville:
- Williamson County (The home county of Keelersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Walburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Granger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schwertner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Serenada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Friendship ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hoxie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoxie is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Hutto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Taylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laneport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Laneport is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneport
- Bastrop County
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Bartlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vilas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vilas is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Sparks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Academy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy
- Little River Academy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Little River Academy is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Academy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Little River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ding Dong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ding Dong is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
- Harker Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Heidenheimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burnet County
- Briggs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Davilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Val Verde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Val Verde is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde
- Thorndale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tracy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tracy is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Buckholts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Cele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Pflugerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Windemere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Three Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- New Sweden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Wells Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Manda ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Kings Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Manor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Littig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Daffan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keelersville, see our County-by-County Page for Keelersville.
Cemeteries Near Keelersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keelersville.
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 Keelersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keelersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Denison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Granger.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2708 <2>
- New Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Granger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bartlett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bartlett City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett City Cemetery
- The Bartlett City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bartlett Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stockton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Goodeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corn Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Keelersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keelersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keelersville, with the one closest to Keelersville listed first.
- Walburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Granger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Theon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Theon is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
- Jonah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jonah is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Bartlett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corn Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
- Circleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Circleville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donahoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Donahoe is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahoe
- Hutto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Taylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Laneport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Laneport is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneport
- Davilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vilas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vilas is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keelersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keelersville.
Newspapers Published in Keelersville ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keelersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keelersville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keelersville.
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 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 Keelersville:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell County
- Burnet County
- Milam County
- Travis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Keelersville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keelersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |