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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 Radio Junction (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 Radio Junction. 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 Radio Junction ...

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 Radio Junction: Radio Jct. (or less commonly used: Radio Jctn.)

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.

Radio Junction is located in Lampasas 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 Lampasas County: Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills & San Saba.

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

  • Lampasas County     (The home county of Radio Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Lampasas
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Kempner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Nix
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Adamsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Izoro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lometa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Copperas Cove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Fort Hood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Chaffee Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Ding Dong
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • McNair Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Killeen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Walker Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Harker Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Naruna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Briggs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Burnet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bertram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Oatmeal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Comanche Village III
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Montague Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village I
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Bee House
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
    • Pearl
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pearl is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
    • King
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • King is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Evant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Purmela
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluffton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Star
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Center City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Center City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
  • San Saba County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Radio Junction, with the one closest to Radio Junction listed first.
    • Andice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Radio Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Radio Junction.

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 Radio Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lampasas.
    • The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • City Cemetery
    • Lapasas City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5662 <2>
  • Cook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Groves Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitt Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tumlinson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rock Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Garner Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Couble Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pickett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dobyville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kempner Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (82 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Center Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ethridge Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Radio Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Radio Junction.

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

  • Lampasas
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Naruna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Sunnylane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
  • Kempner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Nix
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Adamsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • Oakalla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • Lometa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Bend
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Pidcoke
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pidcoke is located in Coryell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pidcoke
  • Burnet
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mahomet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
    • Bertram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bee House
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House

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

Newspapers Published in Radio Junction ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Radio Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Radio Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Radio Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Radio Junction:

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 Radio Junction, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Radio Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.