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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 Kingsland (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 Kingsland. 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.

Kingsland is located in Llano County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Llano County: Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Mason & San Saba.

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

  • Llano County     (The home county of Kingsland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Buchanan Dam
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <1>
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • Bluffton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buchanan Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Lake Village
      • Buchanan Lake Village is located in Llano County
    • Lone Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Tow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baby Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Valley Spring
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Castell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
      • Castell is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <1>
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Round Mountain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Hye
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <1>
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Highland Haven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Granite Shoals
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Shoals
      • Granite Shoals is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Shoals <1>
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Shores
      • Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood Shores <1>
    • Meadowlakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Marble Falls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Silver Creek Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
    • Burnet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oatmeal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Spicewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
      • Spicewood is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicewood <1>
    • Bertram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bertram have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
      • Bertram is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bertram <1>
    • Naruna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Willow City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Eckert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Cherokee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kingsland, with the one closest to Kingsland listed first.
    • Briarcliff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lago Vista
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Kingsland ...

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 Kingsland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsland, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingsland.

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 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 Kingsland:

Cemeteries Near Kingsland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingsland.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingsland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingsland Cemetery
  • Wolf Crossing Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolf Crossing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Crossing Cemetery
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoovers Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoovers Valley Cemetery
  • Paschall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paschall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paschall Cemetery
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murchinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murchinson Cemetery
  • Tobey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tobey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tobey Cemetery
  • Pennington Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pennington Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pennington Creek Cemetery
  • Honey Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honey Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honey Creek Cemetery
  • Cap Mtn. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cap Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cap Mtn. Cemetery
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Cemetery
  • Fox Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
  • Konvicka Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Konvicka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Konvicka Cemetery
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • Smith Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mormon Mill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bluffton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluffton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluffton Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Fairland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Click is located in Llano County
  • Bluffton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Marble Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sudduth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudduth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
  • Lone Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
  • Burnet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shovel Mountain
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
  • Llano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
  • Blowout
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Round Mountain
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Smithwick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smithwick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
      • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Sandy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baby Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingsland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 from Point A (ie- Kingsland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6582, Longitude: -98.4406       In this case, the coordinates for Kingsland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Kingsland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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