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 Pine Hills (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 Pine Hills. 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 doctors 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.
Pine Hills is located in Bastrop 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 Bastrop County: Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Hills:
- Bastrop County (The home county of Pine Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Camp Swift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Bastrop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phelan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Alum Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Hills Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Upton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upton is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Paige
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McDade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Togo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Togo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
- Wyldwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Rosanky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Pettytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Saint Johns Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Johns Colony is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Colony
- Elm Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Taylorsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Delhi
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lytton Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- McMahan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McMahan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
- Mendoza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Tilmon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- Niederwald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Kirtley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirtley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
- Stellar
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stellar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Warda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cistern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Plum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Muldoon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Nechanitz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nechanitz is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nechanitz
- Ledbetter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- La Grange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hostyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hostyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
- Gonzales County
- Waelder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Serbin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Serbin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbin
- Knobbs Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Fedor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fedor is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
- Blue
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blue is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Giddings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loebau
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Loebau is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loebau
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Dime Box
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Dime Box is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dime Box
- Dime Box
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Webberville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Littig
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littig is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littig
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Garfield is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Manda ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elroy is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- New Sweden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Del Valle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Daffan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Cele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Pilot Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Carl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Coupland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beyersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beyersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beyersville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Hills.
Cemeteries Near Pine Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Hills.
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 Pine Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Adams Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Thompson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Thompson Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Alum Creek.
- The Adams Thompson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Morris Thompson Cemetery
- Thompson - Morris Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2306332 <3>
- Dixon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sayers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayers Cemetery
- The Sayers Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sayersville Cemetery
- Trigg Cemetery
- The Trigg Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2249890 <3>
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walker - Watson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Young Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Three Oaks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- High Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Wolfenberger Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dube Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dube Cemetery
- The Dube Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bachman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3296 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pine Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Bastrop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alum Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Creek is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Creek
- Hills Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hills Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Prairie
- Sayersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sayersville is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayersville
- Upton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upton is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Paige
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McDade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Serbin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Serbin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbin
- Red Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elgin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webberville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fedor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fedor is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Hills.
Newspapers Published in Pine Hills ...
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 286 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Hills, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Hills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pine Hills:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bastrop County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Fayette County
- Gonzales County
- Lee County
- Travis 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pine Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |