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Introduction ...

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

We've added Senterfitt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Senterfitt, 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 Senterfitt (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 Senterfitt. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Senterfitt is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Senterfitt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Senterfitt:

  • Lampasas County     (The home county of Senterfitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Lometa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Nix
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Nix is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
    • Adamsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Lampasas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
    • Izoro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Kempner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Naruna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Naruna is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
    • Silver Creek Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Bee House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
    • Evant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • McGirk ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • Slab Crossing ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Slab Crossing is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Crossing
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Tow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan Lake Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
    • Bluffton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lone Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • 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 Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Center City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Center City is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
    • Goldthwaite
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Star
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bozar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bozar is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
    • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
    • Mullin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Regency ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Regency is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
    • Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridge is located in Mills County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • San Saba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Senterfitt, with the one closest to Senterfitt listed first.
    • Bend
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • San Saba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locker ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Locker is located in San Saba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
    • Richland Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Senterfitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Senterfitt.

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

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

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

  • Senterfitt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Long Cove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nix Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bend Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Harmony Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • High Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Oneal Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rough Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chappel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pitt Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...
    • Shaw Bend Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nabors Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Terry Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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.

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

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

  • Lometa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nix
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Nix is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
  • Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Naruna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Naruna is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
  • San Saba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lampasas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Adamsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • Goldthwaite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Valley is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
  • McGirk ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • McGirk is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
  • Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
  • Baby Head ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Bee House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bee House is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee House
    • Evant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bluffton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Senterfitt ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Senterfitt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Senterfitt, 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 Senterfitt.

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 Senterfitt:

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