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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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 Shady Grove ...
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 Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
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 southwest 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 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.
Shady Grove 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 Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Burnet County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Bertram
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oatmeal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burnet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Briggs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Naruna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Silver Creek Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
- Marble Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowlakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Cottonwood Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Haven
(23 miles [37 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
- Spicewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Granite Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Maxdale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Maxdale is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
- Ding Dong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ding Dong is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
- Copperas Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chaffee Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
- Fort Hood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Killeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McNair Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McNair Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
- Harker Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Village is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
- Blanco County
- Round Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coryell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Montague Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montague Village is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
- Comanche Village III
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
- Comanche Village I
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
- Comanche Village II
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
- Lampasas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Sparks Crossing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sparks Crossing is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Crossing
- Kempner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lampasas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Llano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Buchanan Dam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buchanan Lake Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kingsland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Bay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Beach Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Grove is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 south)
- Lago Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Volente
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Briarcliff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hudson Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
- Buffalo Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Point Venture
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Andice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sun City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Serenada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Cedar Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Anderson Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Brushy Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Walburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Weir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Strickling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mandaean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Gabriel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mahomet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gabriel Mills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Couble Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Flippin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Bertram
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnylane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
- Mahomet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mahomet is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
- Burnet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakalla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakalla is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
- Sudduth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sudduth is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
- Fairland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smithwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smithwick is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Lampasas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maxdale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Maxdale is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kempner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Naruna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Marble Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, 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 Shady Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Burnet County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Blanco County
- Coryell County
- Lampasas County
- Llano County
- Travis County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |