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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 Biry (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 Biry. 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 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.

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

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

  • Medina County     (The home county of Biry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Biry, with the one closest to Biry listed first.
    • Devine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
      • Devine is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <2>
    • Natalia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalia
      • Natalia is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natalia <2>
    • Pearson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
    • Yancey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yancey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
      • Yancey is located in Medina County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yancey <2>
    • New Fountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Quihi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
    • Hondo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Castroville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
      • Castroville is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <2>
    • LaCoste
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for LaCoste have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <2>
    • Rio Medina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • D'Hanis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mico
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mico
      • Mico is located in Medina County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mico <2>
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Biry, with the one closest to Biry listed first.
    • Lytle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <2>
    • Kyote
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
      • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
    • Iuka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Iuka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
    • Anchorage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchorage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
    • Rossville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rossville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
    • Crown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
      • Crown is located in Atascosa County
    • Amphion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amphion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
      • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
    • Poteet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Biry, with the one closest to Biry listed first.
    • Atascosa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bexar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Macdona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macdona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macdona
      • Macdona is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macdona <2>
    • Somerset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Von Ormy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Von Ormy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Von Ormy
      • Von Ormy is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Von Ormy <2>
    • Lackland City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lackland City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland City
      • Lackland City is located in Bexar County
    • Lackland Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Westwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
      • Westwood Village is located in Bexar County
    • Helotes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helotes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helotes
      • Helotes is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,277 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helotes <2>
    • Leon Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Valley
      • Leon Valley is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon Valley <2>
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Biry, with the one closest to Biry listed first.
    • Moore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bigfoot
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • North Pearsall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
      • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • West Pearsall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
      • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • Frio Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frio Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
      • Frio Town is located in Frio County
    • Pearsall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
      • Pearsall is located in Frio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <2>
  • Uvalde County
    • Sabinal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabinal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabinal
      • Sabinal is located in Uvalde County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabinal <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Biry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Biry.

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

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

  • Roberson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mussman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tomerlin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Yancey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Styles Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Styles Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Styles Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Tehuacana Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Tehuacana Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehuacana Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tehuacana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moore Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moore Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...
    • Moore Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Louis Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Louis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Zion Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Devine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
    • Devine is located in Medina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <2>
  • Noonan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noonan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
    • Noonan is located in Medina County
  • New Fountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
  • Moore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hondo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Castroville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
    • Castroville is located in Medina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <2>
  • Lytle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <2>
  • Bigfoot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Atascosa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • D'Hanis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bexar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Bexar is located in Bexar County
  • Macdona
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macdona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macdona
    • Macdona is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macdona <2>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Anchorage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchorage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
    • Frio Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frio Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
      • Frio Town is located in Frio County
    • Rossville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rossville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County

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

Newspapers Published in Biry ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Biry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Biry, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Biry.

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 Biry:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Biry. 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Biry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Biry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Biry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2208, Longitude: -99.0181       In this case, the coordinates for Biry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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