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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 Anhalt (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 Anhalt. 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 doctors and 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.

Anhalt is located in Comal 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 Comal County: Bexar, Blanco, Guadalupe, Hays & Kendall.

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

  • Comal County     (The home county of Anhalt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anhalt, with the one closest to Anhalt listed first.
    • Honey Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bulverde
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Spring Branch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Smithson Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Startzville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Startzville is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
    • Canyon Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
    • Westhaven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westhaven is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
  • Bandera County
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anhalt, with the one closest to Anhalt listed first.
    • Timberwood Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dominion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Leon Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollywood Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Oaks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Hill Country Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Shavano Park
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Cross Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Wetmore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Selma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grey Forest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anhalt, with the one closest to Anhalt listed first.
    • Twin Sisters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Blanco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
  • Gillespie County
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Anhalt, with the one closest to Anhalt listed first.
    • Northcliff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Haeckerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
    • Santa Clara
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
    • Camp Willow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
    • Lake Dunlap
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
    • Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
    • Clear Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
    • Schumannsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
    • Hilda Siding
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Zuehl
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Barbarosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
    • McQueeney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hays County
  • Kendall County

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

Cemeteries Near Anhalt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anhalt.

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

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

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

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>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Anhalt ...

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 204 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anhalt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anhalt, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anhalt.

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 Anhalt:

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 Anhalt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anhalt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.