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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 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

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 southeast 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 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.

Prairie Mountain is located in Llano 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
      • Castell is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <2>
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Kingsland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
      • Kingsland is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsland <2>
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baby Head have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <2>
    • Bluffton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Mountain, with the one closest to Prairie Mountain listed first.
    • Hye
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <2>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Granite Shoals
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Shoals
      • Granite Shoals is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Shoals <2>
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blumenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
    • Cain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tivydale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
    • Luckenbach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Grapetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
    • Harper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Albert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Hilda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
      • Hilda is located in Mason County
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedwigs Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Art
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Art have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
      • Art is located in Mason County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Art <2>
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koockville
      • Koockville is located in Mason County
    • Fredonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grit
      • Grit is located in Mason County
  • 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.

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]<3>. 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:

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.

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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Putman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Putman Cemetery
  • Rossberg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rossberg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rossberg Cemetery
  • Schneider Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Schneider Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Schneider Family Cemetery
    • Wilhelm Schneider Family Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schneider Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6799 <4>
  • Sagebiel - Keese Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sagebiel - Keese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagebiel - Keese Cemetery
  • Jedlicka Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jedlicka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jedlicka Cemetery
  • Dearing Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dearing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dearing Cemetery
  • Moss Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moss Cemetery
  • Keyser Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keyser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keyser Cemetery
  • Loyal Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marschall Meusebach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
  • Rode Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kothe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kothe Cemetery
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Rode Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
    • Ahrens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ahrens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ahrens Cemetery
    • Rusche Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rusche Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rusche Cemetery

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.<5>

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
  • Castell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
    • Castell is located in Llano County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <2>
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
  • Willow City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedwigs Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Click is located in Llano County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Valley Spring
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Field Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Creek
    • Field Creek is located in Llano County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County

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.

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

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prairie Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5607, Longitude: -98.8795       In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.




 

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