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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 McNair Village (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 McNair Village. 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 McNair Village ...

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 McNair Village: McNair Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 southwest 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 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.

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

  • Bell County     (The home county of McNair Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNair Village, with the one closest to McNair Village listed first.
    • Chaffee Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Fort Hood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Walker Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Killeen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookhaven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Harker Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nolanville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Copperas Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ding Dong
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Moffat
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
    • Morgan's Point Resort
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Burnet County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNair Village, with the one closest to McNair Village listed first.
    • Comanche Village I
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Comanche Village III
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Montague Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • 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 northeast)
    • The Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Mound
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leon Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Gates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • King
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNair Village, with the one closest to McNair Village listed first.
    • Kempner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Izoro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Lampasas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Adamsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • McLennan County
    • Moody
      (26 miles [41.8 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>
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McNair Village, with the one closest to McNair Village listed first.
    • Florence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jarrell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Andice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Schwertner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sun City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Walburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Serenada
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada

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

Cemeteries Near McNair Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McNair Village.

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 McNair Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 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>
  • Sibley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mayberry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Copperas Cove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Browning Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Burris Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • Gotcher Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Toby Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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 McNair Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McNair Village.

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

  • Killeen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookhaven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Nolanville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Youngsport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Youngsport is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport
  • Pidcoke
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
  • Kempner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Oakalla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • The Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The Grove is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
  • Mound
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moffat
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Moffat is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • Leon Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Salado
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Belton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fort Gates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates

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

Newspapers Published in McNair Village ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around McNair Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McNair Village, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McNair Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 McNair Village:

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 McNair Village, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McNair Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.