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 Kings Village (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 Kings Village. 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 Kings Village ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Kings Village: Kings Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Kings Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Village may originally have been King's Village.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Village might be written as King Village.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kings Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kings Village.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Kings Village is located in Travis 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 Travis County: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Kings Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Village:
- Travis County (The home county of Kings Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Wells Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Three Points
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Windemere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pflugerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Daffan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Cele
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- New Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rollingwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rollingwood is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- West Lake Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Lake Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,254 people
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Elgin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wyldwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Mustang Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Cedar Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McDade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Camp Swift
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Spicewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bertram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oatmeal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Mendoza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Niederwald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Lytton Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Bear Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
- Fitzhugh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Hays
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Buda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flatrock Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Goforth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Driftwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dripping Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Lee County
- Knobbs Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jollyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Brushy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Anderson Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Cedar Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hutto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coupland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Weir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Serenada
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Village, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Village.
Cemeteries Near Kings Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Village.
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 Kings Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery is located in Austin.
- The Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5191 <3>
- Memorial Hill Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Capital Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bratton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McNeil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fiskville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jollyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gregg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Preece Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Austin Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Decker Free Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pfluger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Kings Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Village, with the one closest to Kings Village listed first.
- McNeil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Daffan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Cedar Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Hutto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Volente
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rices Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Del Valle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dunlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Village.
Newspapers Published in Kings Village ...
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 309 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Village, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Kings Village:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Hays County
- Lee County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Kings Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kings Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |