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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 Lometa (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 Lometa. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Lometa is located in Lampasas 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 Lampasas County: Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills & San Saba.

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

  • Lampasas County     (The home county of Lometa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senterfitt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
    • Nix
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lampasas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Izoro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kempner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner
      • Kempner is located in Lampasas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempner <2>
  • Bell County
    • Copperas Cove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperas Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperas Cove
      • Copperas Cove is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copperas Cove <2>
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • Naruna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • Bee House
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Evant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evant
      • Evant is located in Coryell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evant <2>
    • King
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for King. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to King
      • From Lometa to King
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • McGirk ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
      • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McGirk
      • From Lometa to McGirk
    • Ohio ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
      • Ohio is located in Hamilton County
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • Tow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buchanan Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Lake Village
      • Buchanan Lake Village is located in Llano County
    • Bluffton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baby Head. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Baby Head
      • From Lometa to Baby Head
    • Lone Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lone Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lone Grove
      • From Lometa to Lone Grove
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lometa, with the one closest to Lometa listed first.
    • Center City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
      • Center City is located in Mills County
    • Star
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Mills County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
    • Goldthwaite
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bozar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mullin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Regency ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
      • Regency is located in Mills County
  • San Saba County

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

Cemeteries Near Lometa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lometa.

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 Lometa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lometa had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lometa had a population of 874 people.

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

  • Nix
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Adamsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
  • Naruna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lampasas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Goldthwaite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
    • Big Valley is located in Mills County
  • San Saba
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • McGirk ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGirk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to McGirk
    • From Lometa to McGirk
  • Bee House
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evant
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evant
    • Evant is located in Coryell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evant <2>
  • Pearl
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Pearl is located in Coryell County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunnylane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnylane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
      • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
    • Kempner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner
      • Kempner is located in Lampasas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempner <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lometa ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lometa.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lometa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lometa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lometa.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> of Lometa.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lometa:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lometa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lometa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2170, Longitude: -98.3927    
<6>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 Lometa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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