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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 Walkerton (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 Walkerton. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Walkerton is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam & Travis.

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

  • Williamson County     (The home county of Walkerton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkerton, with the one closest to Walkerton listed first.
    • Leander
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Cedar Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brushy Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
    • Anderson Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
    • Jollyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jollyville is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
    • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
    • Round Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Serenada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Serenada is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
    • Sun City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Hutto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Hutto is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <1>
    • Andice
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Bastrop County
    • Elgin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Elgin is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,756 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
  • Bell County
    • Bartlett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Blanco County
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkerton, with the one closest to Walkerton listed first.
    • Bertram
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oatmeal
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Spicewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
    • Briggs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Marble Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Shovel Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Burnet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowlakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkerton, with the one closest to Walkerton listed first.
    • Fitzhugh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
    • Bear Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bear Creek is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
    • Dripping Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hays is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Driftwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walkerton, with the one closest to Walkerton listed first.
    • Nameless ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Nameless is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
      • Nameless has also been known as:
      • Cross Creek
      • Fairview
    • Jonestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Volente
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hudson Bend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
    • Kings Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Village is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • Lago Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Three Points
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Three Points is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
    • Wells Branch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wells Branch is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
    • Windemere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Windemere is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
    • Buffalo Gap
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pflugerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lakeway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Venture
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>

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

Cemeteries Near Walkerton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walkerton.

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

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

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

  • Bonnet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bagdad Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pond Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Upchurch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wells Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rhodes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jollyville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Whiteley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (168 more) ...
    • Whitley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Huddleston Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • McNeil Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Cedar Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Leander
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Volente
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McNeil
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • McNeil is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
  • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
  • Round Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hutto
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <1>
  • Jonah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonah is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
  • Smithwick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Austin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Daffan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Daffan is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
    • Bertram
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mahomet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet

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

Newspapers Published in Walkerton ...

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 312 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walkerton.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Walkerton:

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