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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 Bader (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 Bader. 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 hospitals and 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.

Bader is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Uvalde & Zavala.

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

  • Medina County     (The home county of Bader)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bader, with the one closest to Bader listed first.
    • Quihi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
    • Castroville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rio Medina
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Fountain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
    • Pearson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • LaCoste
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <1>
    • Hondo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mico
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Natalia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Devine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Yancey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • D'Hanis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bader, with the one closest to Bader listed first.
    • Lytle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
    • Anchorage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Kyote
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
    • Rossville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Iuka
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bader, with the one closest to Bader listed first.
    • Bandera Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Lakehills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Pipe Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bandera
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tarpley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bader, with the one closest to Bader listed first.
    • Atascosa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Macdona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lackland City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lackland City is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland City
    • Lackland Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bexar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Von Ormy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Westwood Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Westwood Village is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Helotes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Somerset
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Leon Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grey Forest
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Balcones Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Cross Mountain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bader, with the one closest to Bader listed first.
    • Moore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bigfoot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Bader ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bader.

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

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

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

  • St. Louis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Schweers Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Quihi Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Decker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Britsch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ingleside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mussman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lytle Masonic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (89 more) ...
    • Roberson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Black Hill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Isidro Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<3>

While we didn't find Bader in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bader.

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

  • Castroville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Fountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
  • Noonan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Noonan is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
  • Hondo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lytle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
  • Devine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Atascosa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Macdona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bexar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
  • Von Ormy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • D'Hanis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Moore
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Withers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Withers is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
    • Bigfoot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bandera
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Bader ...

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 198 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bader.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Bader:

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 Bader, 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' (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- Bader) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.