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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 Lone Star (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 Lone Star. 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 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.

Lone Star is located in Bell 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 Bell County: Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam & Williamson.

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

  • Bell County     (The home county of Lone Star)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Walker Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Killeen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chaffee Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • McNair Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Harker Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Nolanville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fort Hood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookhaven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Ding Dong
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Copperas Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Belton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Burnet County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Comanche Village I
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Comanche Village III
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Montague Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
    • Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • The Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Leon Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Fort Gates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • King
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Blevins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Blevins is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Kempner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Izoro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Lampasas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Adamsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Moody
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Moody is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
    • Eddy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
    • Florence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jarrell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Schwertner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Andice
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sun City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Walburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Serenada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
    • Weir
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Weir is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
    • Granger
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lone Star ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Star.

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 Lone Star - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located in Killeen.
    • The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Brown Okay Community Cemetery
    • Browns Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2610 <2>
  • Mayberry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Burris Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sibley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Copperas Cove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...
    • Proctor Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Trimmier Family Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Toby Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Killeen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Nolanville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brookhaven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Youngsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Youngsport is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Salado
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Belton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Oakalla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • Moffat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Moffat is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • The Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
  • Pidcoke
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
  • Kempner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Leon Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Florence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lone Star ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Star.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Star, 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 Lone Star.

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 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 Lone Star:

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 Lone Star, 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- Lone Star) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.