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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 Prairie Mountain (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 Prairie Mountain. 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.

Name Variations for Prairie Mountain ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Prairie Mountain: Prairie Mtn. (or less commonly used: Prairie Mntn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Prairie Mountain is located in Llano 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 Llano County: Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Mason & San Saba.

Below are the counties that are near Prairie Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prairie Mountain:

  • Llano County     (The home county of Prairie Mountain)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Castell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Llano
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Kingsland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Bluffton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Blowout
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Hye
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Highland Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Granite Shoals
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Eckert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Willow City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Doss
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fredericksburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Blumenthal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Cain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Stonewall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tivydale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
    • Luckenbach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Grapetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Harper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Loyal Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Hilda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Hilda is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
    • Art
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontotoc
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Mason
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Koockville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Koockville is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koockville
    • Fredonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Grit is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grit
  • San Saba County

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

Cemeteries Near Prairie Mountain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie Mountain.

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 Prairie Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Putman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rossberg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Schneider Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider Cemetery
    • The Schneider Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Schneider Family Cemetery
    • Wilhelm Schneider Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6799 <2>
  • Sagebiel - Keese Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jedlicka Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dearing Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Moss Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Keyser Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Loyal Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Rode Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ahrens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rusche Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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>

While we didn't find Prairie Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prairie Mountain.

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

  • Loyal Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
  • Castell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Willow City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Llano
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fredericksburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Blowout
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Valley Spring
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Field Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Field Creek is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Creek
  • Pontotoc
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Mason
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonewall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove

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

Newspapers Published in Prairie Mountain ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Mountain.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prairie Mountain, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prairie Mountain.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Prairie Mountain:

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 Prairie Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Prairie Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.