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Introduction ...

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

We've added Westbrook to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Westbrook, 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 Westbrook (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 Westbrook. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Westbrook is historic, it would have been located within present day Blanco County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blanco County: Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Llano & Travis.

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

  • Blanco County     (The home county of Westbrook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Hye
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <3>
    • Johnson City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sandy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flugrath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
    • Blanco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Sisters
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite Shoals
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Shoals
      • Granite Shoals is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Shoals <3>
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Shores
      • Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood Shores <3>
    • Highland Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Meadowlakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Marble Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Spicewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
      • Spicewood is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicewood <3>
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Fischer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fischer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fischer
      • Fischer is located in Comal County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fischer <3>
    • Spring Branch
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
      • Spring Branch is located in Comal County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Branch <3>
    • Cranes Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranes Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
    • Canyon Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Albert
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Willow City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blumenthal
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blumenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
    • Luckenbach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eckert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Cain City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
    • Grapetown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
    • Fredericksburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Henly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
      • Henly is located in Hays County
    • Mount Gainor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gainor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
      • Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
    • Dripping Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Crossing
      • Pleasant Valley Crossing is located in Hays County
    • Fitzhugh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
      • Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
    • Woodcreek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
      • Woodcreek is located in Hays County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Kendalia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
      • Kendalia is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendalia <3>
    • Bankersmith
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
    • Sisterdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammans Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
    • Waring
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Welfare
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Kreutzberg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
    • Bergheim
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergheim
      • Bergheim is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bergheim <3>
    • Comfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Comfort is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comfort <3>
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <3>
    • Kingsland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
      • Kingsland is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsland <3>
  • Travis County
    • Briarcliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Westbrook ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westbrook.

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

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 websites either 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 Westbrook:

Cemeteries Near Westbrook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westbrook.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Rocky Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • McKinney Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
  • Miller Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Luckenbach Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luckenbach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luckenbach Cemetery
  • Continue List   (114 more) ...
    • South Grape Creek Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Blanco Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow City Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow City Cemetery

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 Westbrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westbrook.

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

  • Hye
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
    • Hye is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <3>
  • Johnson City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sandy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Blowout
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Blanco
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Luckenbach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Mountain
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Mill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Twin Sisters
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
  • Henly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
    • Henly is located in Hays County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kendalia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
      • Kendalia is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendalia <3>
    • Shovel Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
    • Fredericksburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 Westbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Westbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2685, Longitude: -98.5256       In this case, the coordinates for Westbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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