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 New Katy (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 New Katy. 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 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.
New Katy 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 New Katy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Katy:
- Travis County (The home county of New Katy)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Littig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- New Sweden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Manda ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Cele
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Daffan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Pflugerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Webberville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Three Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Windemere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Kings Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Garfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 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
- McDade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camp Swift
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Cedar Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bastrop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mustang Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Paige
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alum Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Bateman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Red Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Lytton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Mendoza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Saint Johns Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Niederwald
(26 miles [41.8 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pettytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Hays
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Buda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Flatrock Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Mountain City
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Knobbs Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Blue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Fedor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fedor is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
- Milam County
- Thorndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Coupland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beyersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jollyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Brushy Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Anderson Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Cedar Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thrall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoxie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hoxie is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Katy, see our County-by-County Page for New Katy.
Cemeteries Near New Katy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Katy.
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 New Katy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Katy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Rosehill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Decker Free Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pfluger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gregg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glasscock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Schiller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schiller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 New Katy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Katy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Katy, with the one closest to New Katy listed first.
- Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Littig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- New Sweden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Daffan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Dunlap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Webberville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Garfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Coupland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Del Valle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McNeil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hutto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sayersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sayersville is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Katy. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Katy.
Newspapers Published in New Katy ...
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 317 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Katy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Katy, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Katy.
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 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 New Katy:
- 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 New Katy, 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- New Katy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |