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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 Cherry Mountain (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 Cherry Mountain. 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.

Name Variations for Cherry Mountain ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cherry Mountain: Cherry Mtn. (or less commonly used: Cherry Mntn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Cherry Mountain 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 Cherry Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherry Mountain:

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Cherry Mountain)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Fredericksburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eckert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Willow City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tivydale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
    • Doss
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cain City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Blumenthal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Grapetown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Luckenbach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonewall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Harper
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Blowout
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Hye
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Bankersmith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
    • Comfort
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Waring
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Sisterdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Kerrville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ingram
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Castell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Llano
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Mountain, with the one closest to Cherry Mountain listed first.
    • Loyal Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Hilda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilda is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
    • Art
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cherry Mountain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Mountain.

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 Cherry Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ketron Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Wendel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Durst Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Schugh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Friedrich Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dearing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ahrens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rusche Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (101 more) ...
    • St. John Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Schmidt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Welgehausen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Fredericksburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Loyal Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
  • Luckenbach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stonewall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Harper
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Blowout
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
  • Castell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Hye
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Kerrville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ingram
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Cherry Mountain ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Mountain.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cherry Mountain:

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>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 Cherry Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Cherry Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.