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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 Amanda (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 Amanda. 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 and hospitals 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.

Amanda is located in Kinney 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 Kinney County: Edwards, Maverick, Uvalde & Val Verde.

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

  • Kinney County     (The home county of Amanda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amanda, with the one closest to Amanda listed first.
    • Standart
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
      • Standart is located in Kinney County
    • Brackettville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Alamo Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Village
      • Alamo Village is located in Kinney County
    • Spofford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
      • Spofford is located in Kinney County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Edwards County
    • Carta Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carta Valley
      • Carta Valley is located in Edwards County
  • Maverick County
  • Val Verde County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Amanda, with the one closest to Amanda listed first.
    • Johnstone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
      • Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
    • Val Verde Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Val Verde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Park
      • Val Verde Park is located in Val Verde County
      • Val Verde Park has also been known as:
      • Val Verde Park Colonia
    • Del Rio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cienegas Terrace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cienegas Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienegas Terrace
      • Cienegas Terrace is located in Val Verde County
      • Cienegas Terrace has also been known as:
      • Cienegas Terrace Colonia
    • Lake View
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
      • Lake View is located in Val Verde County
    • Amistad Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Village
      • Amistad Village is located in Val Verde County

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

Newspapers Published in Amanda ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amanda.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amanda, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Amanda.

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 Amanda:

Cemeteries Near Amanda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amanda.

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 Amanda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
  • San Felipe Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Felipe Cemetery
  • Old San Felipe Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old San Felipe Cemetery
  • Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
  • Ballantyne Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ballantyne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballantyne Cemetery
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Del Rio.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Jose Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484548 <4>
  • Westlawn Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Vincent Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vincent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vincent 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Amanda had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Standart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
    • Standart is located in Kinney County
  • Johnstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
    • Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
  • Del Rio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Brackettville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Spofford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
    • Spofford is located in Kinney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Anacacho
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anacacho have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacacho
    • Anacacho is located in Kinney County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Amanda. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Amanda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amanda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3719, Longitude: -100.6579       In this case, the coordinates for Amanda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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 Amanda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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