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 Centex (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 Centex. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Centex is located in Hays 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 Hays County: Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Centex. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centex:
- Hays County (The home county of Centex)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- San Marcos
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Goforth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Flatrock Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Wimberley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cloptins Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Woodcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Hays
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Driftwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Mustang Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Bateman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Cedar Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wyldwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Bexar County
- Cibolo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanco County
- Twin Sisters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Reedville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Martindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Uhland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Niederwald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Fentress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lockhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mendoza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Prairie Lea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joliet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Stairtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
- Comal County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Royal Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Forest
- Freiheit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freiheit is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freiheit
- Thorn Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Fourth Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- First Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- First Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Gruene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Preiss Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Preiss Heights is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preiss Heights
- Second Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Second Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Third Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Canyon City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Sattler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Gonzales County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Ottine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Redwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Staples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Galle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Barbarosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Weinert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
- Geronimo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clear Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Kingsbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lauback
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
- Camp Willow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Lake Dunlap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Creedmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manchaca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- San Leanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- San Leanna is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Carl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Onion Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Shady Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Tanglewood Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
- Elroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elroy is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Pilot Knob
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Sunset Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Barton Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barton Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Creek
- Del Valle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centex, see our County-by-County Page for Centex.
Cemeteries Near Centex ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centex.
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 Centex - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centex covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- Cementerio Guadalupe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- San Marcos Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- San Marcos Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Memory Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden of the Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- San Juan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Martindale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Koeglar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Doyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Vincente Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Pitts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redwood Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Redwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6290 <2>
- Kennedy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Centex in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centex.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centex, with the one closest to Centex listed first.
- San Marcos
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reedville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Martindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Staples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Goforth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Wimberley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lockhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Prairie Lea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sattler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Driftwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centex. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centex.
Newspapers Published in Centex ...
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 265 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centex.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centex, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centex.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Centex:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hays County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Caldwell County
- Comal County
- Gonzales County
- Guadalupe County
- Travis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Centex, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Centex) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |