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 White Stone (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 White Stone. 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 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.
White Stone 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 White Stone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Stone:
- Williamson County (The home county of White Stone)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone listed first.
- Cedar Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Leander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Brushy Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Jollyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 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
(15 miles [24.1 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)
- Weir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bastrop County
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanco County
- Cypress Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone listed first.
- Oatmeal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spicewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bertram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- 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
- Burnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone 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
- Hays
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dripping Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Driftwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone 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
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Wells Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Lago Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windemere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- 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
- Buffalo Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Point Venture
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Briarcliff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Stone, see our County-by-County Page for White Stone.
Cemeteries Near White Stone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Stone.
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 White Stone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Stone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone listed first.
- Bonnet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pond Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jollyville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upchurch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McNeil Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Whitley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 White Stone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Stone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Stone, with the one closest to White Stone listed first.
- Cedar Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Leander
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Volente
(6 miles [9.7 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hutto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Austin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Daffan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Smithwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smithwick is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oak Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Jonah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jonah is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonah
- Manor
(20 miles [32.2 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 White Stone. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Stone.
Newspapers Published in White Stone ...
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 308 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Stone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Stone, 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 White Stone.
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 White Stone:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell County
- Blanco County
- Burnet County
- Hays County
- Travis 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> | 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 White Stone, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Stone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |