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 Pflugerville (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 Pflugerville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pflugerville 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 Pflugerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pflugerville:
- Travis County (The home county of Pflugerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Windemere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Three Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Wells Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Cele
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Kings Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- New Sweden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manda ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Daffan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Littig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Austin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rollingwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rollingwood is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,571 people
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- McDade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Camp Swift
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Mustang Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Bastrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- 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
- Hays
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Knobbs Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Blue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Blue is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Milam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Thorndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Hutto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Jollyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Anderson Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Coupland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beyersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
- Leander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pflugerville, see our County-by-County Page for Pflugerville.
Cemeteries Near Pflugerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pflugerville.
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 Pflugerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pflugerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- Capital Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Memorial Hill Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery is located in Austin.
- The Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5191 <2>
- Pfluger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bratton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gregg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McNeil Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Rosehill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kimbro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fiskville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Pflugerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pflugerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pflugerville, with the one closest to Pflugerville listed first.
- New Sweden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Hutto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- McNeil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Manor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rices Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
- Daffan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Coupland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Littig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Jonah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jonah is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cedar Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dunlap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Taylor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pflugerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pflugerville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pflugerville ...
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 280 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pflugerville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pflugerville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pflugerville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pflugerville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Pflugerville.
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 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 Pflugerville:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell 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 Pflugerville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pflugerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |