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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 Union 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 Union 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 Union 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 Union Grove: Union Grv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Union Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Union 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Union Grove is located in Bell 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 Bell County: Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam & Williamson.

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

  • Bell County     (The home county of Union Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Harker Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Nolanville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Salado
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Belton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Killeen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ding Dong
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Ding Dong is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ding Dong
    • Walker Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Walker Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Village
    • Brookhaven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Chaffee Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Chaffee Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee Village
    • Fort Hood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McNair Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • McNair Village is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Village
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Burnet County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Comanche Village I
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Comanche Village I is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village I
    • Comanche Village II
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mason Crossing is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Crossing
    • Montague Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village III
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
    • Saint Elijah Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Elijah Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elijah Village
    • The Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • The Grove is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Leon Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Lime City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lime City is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
    • Fort Gates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fort Gates is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gates
  • Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Blevins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blevins is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
    • Barclay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Barclay is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
    • Westphalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Westphalia is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
    • Bruceville - Eddy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
  • Lampasas County
    • Kempner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • McLennan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Moody
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Moody is located in McLennan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
    • Eddy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bruceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Milam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Val Verde
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Val Verde is located in Milam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde
    • Davilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckholts
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Grove, with the one closest to Union Grove listed first.
    • Jarrell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Schwertner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Walburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Serenada
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
    • Granger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Andice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Weir is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
    • Georgetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Friendship ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendship is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Hoxie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoxie is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie

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

Cemeteries Near Union Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union 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 Union Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Burris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Proctor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Salado Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<3> the communities of Belton and Salado.  The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Belton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6326 <2>
  • Allen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • South Belton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bell Plains Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • North Belton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Killeen Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...
    • East Belton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Land Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<5>

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

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

  • Salado
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nolanville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Youngsport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Youngsport is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsport
  • Belton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Killeen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Corn Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Corn Hill is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Hill
  • Maxdale ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Maxdale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
  • Holland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Little River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Florence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Moffat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Moffat is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffat
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Theon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Theon is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
    • Temple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bartlett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Union 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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union Grove, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Union 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 professional and volunteer 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 Union Grove:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Belton and Salado. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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- Union Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Union Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.