Welcome to Old Round Rock ...

So far, we found very little information about Old Round Rock. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Old Round Rock to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Round Rock, please Contact Us.

Old Round Rock was located in Hill Country.

Old Round Rock would have been located within present day Williamson County<2>.

The location of Old Round Rock has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Old Round Rock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Old Round Rock is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Old Round Rock was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Old Round Rock ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Old Round Rock.

• Austin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Austin is located in Travis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 995,484 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <5>
• Georgetown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,538 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <5>
• Cedar Park
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
  • Cedar Park is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,040 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Park <5>
• Leander
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leander have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
  • Leander is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <5>
• Pflugerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pflugerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pflugerville
  • Pflugerville is located in Travis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pflugerville <5>
• Hutto
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
  • Hutto is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <5>
• Taylor
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <5>
• Manor
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
  • Manor is located in Travis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,767 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <5>
• Lago Vista
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lago Vista
  • Lago Vista is located in Travis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,943 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lago Vista <5>
• Liberty Hill
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Liberty Hill is located in Williamson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,549 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty Hill <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Old Round Rock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Old Round Rock.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Old Round Rock. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Round Rock.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Round Rock. See our Newspapers Page for Old Round Rock.

Adding Old Round Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Old Round Rock in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Old Round Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Old Round Rock post office opened in 1879.

We also found Old Round Rock in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Old Round Rock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Williamson County: www.wilco.org/

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