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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 Spring (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 Spring. 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 Spring ...

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 Spring: Cherry Spg. (or less commonly used: Cherry Spng. or Cherry Sprng.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cherry Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Spring.

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

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Cherry Spring)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Spring, with the one closest to Cherry Spring listed first.
    • Doss
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Eckert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Tivydale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
    • Fredericksburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Willow City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Harper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cain City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Blumenthal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Grapetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Luckenbach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonewall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Blanco County
    • Blowout
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Kerr County
  • Kimble County
    • Noxville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Noxville is located in Kimble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxville
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Spring, with the one closest to Cherry Spring listed first.
    • Castell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Llano
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Spring, with the one closest to Cherry Spring listed first.
    • Loyal Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Hilda
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilda is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
    • Art
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mason
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Koockville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Koockville is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koockville
    • Grit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Grit is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grit
    • Pontotoc
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Streeter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Streeter is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter

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

Cemeteries Near Cherry Spring ...

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

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

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

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

  • Lange Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Evers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mund Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Welge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Dittmar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ahrens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Squaw Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (99 more) ...
    • Dearing Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Schneider Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider Cemetery
      • The Schneider Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Schneider Family Cemetery
      • Wilhelm Schneider Family Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6799 <2>
    • Ellerbracht Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Loyal Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
  • Castell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fredericksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Mason
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Luckenbach
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Blowout
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Stonewall
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Llano
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Noxville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Noxville is located in Kimble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxville
    • Valley Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cherry Spring ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Spring.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Spring:

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