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 Sweden (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 Sweden. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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 Sweden 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 Sweden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Sweden:
- Travis County (The home county of New Sweden)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Manda ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Cele
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pflugerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Littig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Windemere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Daffan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Three Points
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kings Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Wells Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Webberville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(15 miles [24.1 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 Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McDade
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Camp Swift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Cedar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bastrop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 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 southeast)
- Mustang Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Alum Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Lytton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Mendoza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Saint Johns Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Niederwald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Bear Creek
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Hays
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Knobbs Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Blue
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Thorndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Davilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Coupland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hutto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beyersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
- Taylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Jollyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Thrall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hoxie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hoxie is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
- Cedar Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Sweden, see our County-by-County Page for New Sweden.
Cemeteries Near New Sweden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Sweden.
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 Sweden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Sweden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pfluger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gregg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Schiller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schiller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimbro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Decker Free Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 in 1895, New Sweden had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Sweden, with the one closest to New Sweden listed first.
- Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rices Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Littig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Coupland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Daffan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Hutto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Webberville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- McNeil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Garfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Jonah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jonah is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Sweden. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Sweden.
Newspapers Published in New Sweden ...
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 296 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Sweden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Sweden, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Sweden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 New Sweden:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell 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 Sweden, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Sweden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |