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 Manor (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 Manor. 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 southwest 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 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.
Manor 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 Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manor:
- Travis County (The home county of Manor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Daffan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- New Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Littig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Manda ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Cele
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Webberville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pflugerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Three Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Windemere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Garfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Del Valle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wyldwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Cedar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Camp Swift
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- McDade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bastrop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mustang Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Hills Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Paige
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bateman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Alum Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Lytton Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Mendoza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Saint Johns Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Niederwald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Uhland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Pettytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Taylorsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Buda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Goforth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- 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
- Mountain City
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Fitzhugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Kyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Knobbs Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Blue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Fedor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fedor is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
- Milam County
- Thorndale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Coupland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hutto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jollyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Brushy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Beyersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
- Taylor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thrall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Manor.
Cemeteries Near Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manor.
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 Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Decker Free Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- The Brown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ike Brown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2603 <2>
- Easley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pfluger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rogers Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Hornsby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemeteries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Manor had a population of 405 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Manor had a population of 15,767 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manor, with the one closest to Manor listed first.
- Daffan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- New Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Littig
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Webberville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Del Valle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coupland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hutto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manor.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Manor ...
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 321 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manor.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Manor. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Manor and those printed in the larger area surrounding Manor.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> of Manor.
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 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 Manor:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Caldwell County
- Hays County
- Lee County
- Milam County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |