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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 Lake Victor (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 Lake Victor. 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 Lake Victor ...

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 Lake Victor: Lk. Victor

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

  • Burnet County     (The home county of Lake Victor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Naruna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Burnet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Bertram
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Briggs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Oatmeal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Meadowlakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Granite Shoals
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Copperas Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ding Dong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Chaffee Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Fort Hood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Killeen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McNair Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Montague Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village I
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Comanche Village III
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Lampasas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Kempner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nix
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Lometa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
    • Adamsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Izoro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Tow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluffton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kingsland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Llano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherokee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Travis County
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Victor, with the one closest to Lake Victor listed first.
    • Andice
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Leander
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Victor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Victor.

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 Lake Victor - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Couble Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Tumlinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dobyville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pebble Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Strickling Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fry Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Post Mtn. Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • Magill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Flippin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mandaean Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Sunnylane
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
  • Naruna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Burnet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lampasas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bertram
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahomet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
  • Oakalla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • Sudduth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Kempner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nix
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Bluffton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Fairland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Victor ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Victor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Victor, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Victor.

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 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 Lake Victor:

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