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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 Beckmann (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 Beckmann. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Beckmann is located in Bexar 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 Bexar County: Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina & Wilson.

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

  • Bexar County     (The home county of Beckmann)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Dominion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Shavano Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Leon Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Grey Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Helotes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill Country Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Hollywood Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Leon Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Castle Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Scenic Oaks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Balcones Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Atascosa County
    • Lytle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pipe Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bandera Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • Twin Sisters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Silver Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Anhalt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Honey Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Bracken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Garden Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Garden Ridge is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,266 people
    • Bulverde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ogden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ogden is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Smithson Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Comal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Comal is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comal
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Northcliff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Haeckerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
    • Santa Clara
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
    • Marion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Zuehl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Zuehl is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuehl
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Boerne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bergheim
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Kreutzberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Nelson City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Welfare
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Kendalia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sisterdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Waring
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Comfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beckmann, with the one closest to Beckmann listed first.
    • Mico
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rio Medina
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Castroville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • LaCoste
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Pearson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Quihi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
  • Wilson County
    • Carpenter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Carpenter is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter

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

Cemeteries Near Beckmann ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beckmann.

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

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

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

  • Mission Burial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mission North Burial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Locke Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Menchaca Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Madla Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madla Family Cemetery
    • The Madla Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Madla Cemetery
  • Medla Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Heidemann-Moreau Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Helotes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Classen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gerfers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...
    • Heidemann Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lee Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cepeda Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Leon Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Robards
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
  • Van Raub
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Wetmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • San Antonio
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Boerne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Anhalt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Anhalt is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
  • Kirby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bracken
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bracken is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
  • Withers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Withers is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Converse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Selma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Macdona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bergs Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bergs Mill is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergs Mill
    • Smithson Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley

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

Newspapers Published in Beckmann ...

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 241 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beckmann.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beckmann, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beckmann.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Beckmann:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Beckmann) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Beckmann, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.