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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 Blumenthal (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 Blumenthal. 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.

Blumenthal is located in Gillespie 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 Gillespie County: Blanco, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano & Mason.

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

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Blumenthal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blumenthal, with the one closest to Blumenthal listed first.
    • Luckenbach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Stonewall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cain City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Grapetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Albert
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
    • Fredericksburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Eckert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Tivydale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
    • Doss
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Harper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blumenthal, with the one closest to Blumenthal listed first.
    • Hye
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Blowout
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Sandy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Blanco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Sisters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Round Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Comal County
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blumenthal, with the one closest to Blumenthal listed first.
    • Bankersmith
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
    • Sisterdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Waring
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Welfare
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Comfort
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Nelson City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Kreutzberg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Bergheim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Boerne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blumenthal, with the one closest to Blumenthal listed first.
    • Center Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerrville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Llano County
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Mason County
    • Loyal Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Blumenthal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blumenthal.

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

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

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

  • Luckenbach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • South Grape Creek Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Meusebach Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Grapetown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Der Stadt Friedhof Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
    • The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Catholic Cemetery
  • St. Mary's Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Willow City Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Eckert Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Luckenbach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Stonewall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Fredericksburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hye
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Willow City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sisterdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sandy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Blowout
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Waring
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Comfort
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Welfare
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Blanco
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Johnson City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Kendalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Sisters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters

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

Newspapers Published in Blumenthal ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blumenthal.

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

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 helpful 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 Blumenthal:

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 Blumenthal, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blumenthal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.