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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Regency. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Regency to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Regency, please Contact Us.

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 Regency (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 Regency. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Regency is historic, it would have been located within present day Mills 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 Mills County: Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas & San Saba.

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

  • Mills County     (The home county of Regency)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridge is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Buffalo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Ebony ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ebony is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
    • Mullin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Goldthwaite
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bozar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bozar is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
    • Center City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Center City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
    • Priddy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Indian Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Creek is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
    • Keys Crossing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Keys Crossing is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Crossing
    • Zephyr
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Brookesmith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ricker ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ricker is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricker
    • Brownwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Early
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Bangs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Blanket
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake Brownwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
  • Coleman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Trickham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Trickham is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
      • Former name for Trickham:
      • Trick'em
    • Whon ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Whon is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whon
  • Lampasas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Senterfitt ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
    • Lometa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • McCulloch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Milburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Milburn is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
    • Rochelle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regency, with the one closest to Regency listed first.
    • Locker ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Locker is located in San Saba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
    • Holt ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Holt is located in San Saba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Richland Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • San Saba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Regency ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Regency.

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 Regency - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Regency Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mesquite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Locker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Neal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ratler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony Cemetery
    • The Ebony Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Buffalo Ebony Cemetery
  • Catclaw Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bowser Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Vargy Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (84 more) ...
    • Estep Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Adams Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Algerita Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.

Regency itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Indian Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Creek is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Richland Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Big Valley is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
  • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
  • Mullin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Milburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Milburn is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
  • Goldthwaite
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • San Saba
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zephyr
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ricker ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ricker is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricker
  • Brownwood
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Rochelle
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Trickham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Trickham is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
      • Former name for Trickham:
      • Trick'em
    • Priddy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bangs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Regency ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Regency.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Regency, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Regency.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Regency:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Regency, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Regency) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.