A visit to the Kraft Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Kraft Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Kraft Cemetery:
29.7913, -98.2806
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Kraft Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Kraft Cemetery is located in Comal County<2>.
The county seat for Comal County is located in New Braunfels. New Braunfels lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast of the Kraft Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Kraft Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Kraft Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Smithson Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cranes Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cranes Mill Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill Cemetery
- Simon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Simon Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simon Cemetery
- Jonas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jonas Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonas Cemetery
- Weidner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Weidner Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidner Cemetery
- Hillert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hillert Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillert Cemetery
- Kunkel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Kunkel Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkel Cemetery
- Romple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Romple Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romple Cemetery
- Kruestler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Kruestler Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kruestler Cemetery
- Rust Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Rust Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rust Cemetery
- Beierle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Beierle Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beierle Cemetery
- Grave Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Grave Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Karl Rompel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Karl Rompel Cemetery is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karl Rompel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Karl Rompel Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6450 <5>
- Haug Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Haug Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haug Cemetery
- Schlather Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Schlather Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlather Cemetery
- Weidner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Weidner Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weidner Cemetery
- Voges Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Voges Cemetery is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voges Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Voges Cemetery is located 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the north of San Antonio.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7422 <5>
- Vogel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forshage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Forshage Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forshage Cemetery
- Gerhardt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Gerhardt Cemetery is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerhardt Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Kraft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Kraft Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Startzville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Startzville is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
- Smithson Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Canyon Lake Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
- Westhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westhaven is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Canyon Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
- Canyon Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bulverde East ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bulverde East is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
- Second Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Second Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Third Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Fourth Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Sattler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Canyon City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- First Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- First Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Cranes Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Bulverde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dittlinger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dittlinger is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dittlinger
- Landa Park Highlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bulverde South ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bulverde South is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
- Garden Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garden Ridge is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,266 people
- Corbyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- Comal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Comal is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comal
- Solms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Solms is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solms
- Jentsch Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jentsch Acres is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jentsch Acres
- Preiss Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Preiss Heights is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preiss Heights
- Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- New Braunfels
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gruene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Spring Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anhalt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Anhalt is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Kraft Cemetery. The following communities are located in Comal County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Kraft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Canyon Lake
- New Braunfels
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Kraft Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Comal County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Kraft Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1360762 (Kraft Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1360762 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Comal
- Est. Elev: 360 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Smithson Valley
- Location given for Kraft Cemetery:
- Lat: 29.791332 Lon: -98.2805683
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Comal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kraft Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
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