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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 Nolanville (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 Nolanville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Nolanville is located in Bell County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties 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 Nolanville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nolanville:

  • Bell County     (The home county of Nolanville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolanville, with the one closest to Nolanville listed first.
    • Harker Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harker Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harker Heights
      • Harker Heights is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,071 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harker Heights <2>
    • Brookhaven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Killeen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killeen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killeen
      • Killeen is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153,991 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killeen <2>
    • Belton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Walker Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
    • McNair Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McNair Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
    • Salado
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Chaffee Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaffee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
    • Morgan's Point Resort
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan's Point Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan's Point Resort
      • Morgan's Point Resort is located in Bell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan's Point Resort <2>
    • Fort Hood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Moffat
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moffat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
      • Moffat is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Moffat
      • From Nolanville to Moffat
    • Ding Dong
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ding Dong. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ding Dong
      • From Nolanville to Ding Dong
  • Burnet County
    • Briggs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briggs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
      • Briggs is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Briggs <2>
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolanville, with the one closest to Nolanville listed first.
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Comanche Village I
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village I have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
    • Comanche Village II
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village II have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
    • Comanche Village III
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Village III have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
    • Montague Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
    • The Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elijah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
    • Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat
      • Flat is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat <2>
    • Leon Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
      • Mound is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound <2>
    • Lime City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
    • Fort Gates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolanville, with the one closest to Nolanville listed first.
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruceville - Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
    • Durango
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Durango. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durango
      • Durango is located in Falls County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Durango
      • From Nolanville to Durango
    • Westphalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Lampasas County
    • Kempner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner
      • Kempner is located in Lampasas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kempner <2>
  • McLennan County
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolanville, with the one closest to Nolanville listed first.
    • Val Verde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Davilla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davilla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davilla
      • Davilla is located in Milam County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davilla <2>
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolanville, with the one closest to Nolanville listed first.
    • Jarrell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrell
      • Jarrell is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,077 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarrell <2>
    • Schwertner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schwertner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwertner
      • Schwertner is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schwertner <2>
    • Florence
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,304 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <2>
    • Walburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walburg
      • Walburg is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walburg <2>
    • Sun City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
    • Andice
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Granger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Serenada
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Weir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Weir is located in Williamson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <2>
    • Friendship ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friendship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Friendship is located in Williamson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Friendship
      • From Nolanville to Friendship
    • Georgetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Nolanville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nolanville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burris Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDowell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDowell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killeen Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Killeen Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Proctor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Proctor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Proctor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • South Belton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Belton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Belton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Belton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Belton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Belton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Allen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • East Belton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Belton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Belton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (167 more) ...
    • Salado Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salado Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Taylors Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylors Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylors Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nolanville had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Nolanville had a population of 6,150 people.

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

  • Killeen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killeen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killeen
    • Killeen is located in Bell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153,991 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killeen <2>
  • Brookhaven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Belton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Salado
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Youngsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngsport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport
    • Youngsport is located in Bell County
  • Moffat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Moffat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
    • Moffat is located in Bell County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Moffat
    • From Nolanville to Moffat
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
  • The Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Little River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Temple
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pendleton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
    • Pendleton is located in Bell County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pendleton <2>
  • Corn Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
    • Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Nolanville ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nolanville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nolanville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nolanville.

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 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 Nolanville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nolanville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bell County: www.bellcountytx.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Belton and Salado. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nolanville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nolanville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0777, Longitude: -97.6058    
<7>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 Nolanville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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