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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 Mountain View Estates (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 Mountain View Estates. 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 Mountain View Estates ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Mountainview Estates.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mountain View Estates: Mountain Vw. Ests.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain View Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain View Estates.

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 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.

Mountain View Estates 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 Mountain View Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain View Estates:

  • Bell County     (The home county of Mountain View Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View Estates, with the one closest to Mountain View Estates listed first.
    • Ding Dong
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Killeen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Harker Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chaffee Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Fort Hood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • McNair Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Walker Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Nolanville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Copperas Cove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Salado
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Brookhaven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Belton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View Estates, with the one closest to Mountain View Estates listed first.
    • Briggs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bertram
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oatmeal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View Estates, with the one closest to Mountain View Estates listed first.
    • Montague Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village I
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Comanche Village III
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
    • Flat
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • The Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Leon Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fort Gates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
    • King
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Gatesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View Estates, with the one closest to Mountain View Estates listed first.
    • Kempner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • 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)
    • Izoro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View Estates, with the one closest to Mountain View Estates listed first.
    • Florence
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Andice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jarrell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Schwertner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Serenada
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
    • Walburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Weir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Georgetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Granger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Leander
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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 Mountain View Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain View Estates.

Cemeteries Near Mountain View Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain View Estates.

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 Mountain View Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mayberry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burris Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Toby Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gillum Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawler Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Browning Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Copperas Cove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Mountain View Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain View Estates.

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

  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Youngsport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Youngsport is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport
  • Killeen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakalla
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • Nolanville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kempner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Salado
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Brookhaven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Mahomet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
  • Corn Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
  • Belton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Theon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Theon is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
    • Pidcoke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
    • Walburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Mountain View Estates ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain View Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View Estates, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View Estates.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mountain View Estates:

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 Mountain View Estates, 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- Mountain View Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.