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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 Scobee (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 Scobee. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Scobee is located in Burnet 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 Burnet County: Bell, Blanco, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis & Williamson.

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

  • Burnet County     (The home county of Scobee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Meadowlakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Marble Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite Shoals
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Burnet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shovel Mountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Oatmeal
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Spicewood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bertram
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Naruna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Round Mountain
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Blowout
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Sandy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Willow City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eckert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
  • Lampasas County
    • Lampasas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Buchanan Dam
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluffton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Tow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Llano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Briarcliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lago Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
    • Jonestown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Point Venture
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Point Venture is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
      • Point Venture has also been known as:
      • Point Venture village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Venture <1>
    • Hudson Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
    • Volente
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Hills is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
    • Lakeway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scobee, with the one closest to Scobee listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Leander
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Leander is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <1>
    • Andice
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Scobee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scobee.

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

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

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

  • Tobey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Konvicka Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wolf Crossing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mormon Mill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hoovers Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pangle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Murchinson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Richter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (92 more) ...
    • Richland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Norred Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Flippin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Fairland
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Sudduth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Marble Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shovel Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
  • Smithwick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Round Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bluffton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Bertram
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Mill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lone Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Blowout
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Sandy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnylane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane

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

Newspapers Published in Scobee ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scobee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scobee, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scobee.

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 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 Scobee:

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>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 Scobee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Scobee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.