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Introduction ...

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

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

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Ammans Crossing: Ammans Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Ammans Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Ammans Crossing may originally have been Amman's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ammans Crossing might be written as Amman Crossing.

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ammans Crossing is historic, it would have been located within present day Kendall 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 Kendall County: Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie & Kerr.

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

  • Kendall County     (The home county of Ammans Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Kreutzberg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Sisterdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bergheim
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Boerne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelson City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Welfare
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Waring
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kendalia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bankersmith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pipe Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bandera Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Oaks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Leon Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Dominion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Cross Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Timberwood Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
    • Grey Forest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Helotes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Shavano Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Shavano Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,024 people
    • Hollywood Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill Country Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hill Country Village is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
    • Castle Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Leon Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Twin Sisters
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Blanco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hye
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Johnson City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Silver Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Honey Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Anhalt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Spring Branch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Bulverde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Smithson Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Cranes Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
    • Canyon Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
    • Westhaven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Westhaven is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Grapetown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Luckenbach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Albert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
    • Blumenthal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Cain City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Stonewall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Fredericksburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
  • Hays County
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ammans Crossing, with the one closest to Ammans Crossing listed first.
    • Center Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Camp Verde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kerrville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Medina County

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

Cemeteries Near Ammans Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ammans Crossing.

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 Ammans Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Kreutzberg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Wren Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Short Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenz Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Werner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bergheim Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Herbst - Patton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Zoeller Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ammann Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Beseler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Upper Cibolo Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (139 more) ...
    • Howard Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Saur Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Willke Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Sisterdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Boerne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Welfare
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Waring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kendalia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Van Raub
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Anhalt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Anhalt is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
  • Spring Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Comfort
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Leon Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Twin Sisters
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
  • Luckenbach
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Smithson Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Blanco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranes Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill

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

Newspapers Published in Ammans Crossing ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ammans Crossing.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ammans Crossing:

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 Ammans Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ammans Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.