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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 Cloptins Crossing (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 Cloptins Crossing. 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 Cloptins Crossing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Cloptins Crossing: Cloptins Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Cloptins Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cloptins Crossing may originally have been Cloptin's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cloptins Crossing might be written as Cloptin Crossing.

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 doctors 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.

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

  • Hays County     (The home county of Cloptins Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Pioneer Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
    • Wimberley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Woodcreek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Woodcreek is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Gainor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
    • Driftwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Marcos
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mountain City is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
    • Kyle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Kyle is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,558 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kyle <2>
    • Dripping Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flatrock Ford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
    • Henly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Henly is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
    • Bear Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Creek is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
      • Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
  • Bastrop County
    • Mustang Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Timberwood Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
    • Cibolo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Selma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Schertz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Twin Sisters
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Blanco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Johnson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cypress Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Reedville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Reedville is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
    • Martindale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Uhland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Uhland is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
    • Maxwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Niederwald
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
    • Mendoza
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
    • Fentress
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockhart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Prairie Lea
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Joliet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Joliet is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
    • Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
    • Stairtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
    • Lytton Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Canyon City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Canyon City is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
    • Fischer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Royal Forest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Royal Forest is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Forest
    • Sattler
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Sattler is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
    • Fourth Crossing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
    • Canyon Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranes Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
    • Third Crossing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Third Crossing is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
    • Canyon Lake Forest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
    • Canyon Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
    • Westhaven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Westhaven is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
    • Hunter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hunter is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Startzville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Startzville is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Redwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Zorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
    • Barbarosa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
    • Galle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Galle is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
    • Camp Willow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
    • Clear Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
    • Lake Dunlap
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
    • Staples
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Geronimo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Schumannsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
    • Weinert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
    • Northcliff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Lauback
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Kendalia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bergheim
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cloptins Crossing, with the one closest to Cloptins Crossing listed first.
    • Shady Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
    • Manchaca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • San Leanna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • San Leanna is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leanna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
    • Tanglewood Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
    • Onion Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Onion Creek is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
    • Creedmoor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Carl
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Carl is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
    • Bee Cave
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Barton Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Barton Creek is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Creek
    • The Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • The Hills is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
    • Lakeway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lost Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lost Creek is located in Travis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Cloptins Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cloptins Crossing.

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 Cloptins Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jacobs Well Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hugo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo Cemetery
    • The Hugo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Purgatory Springs Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peal Cemetery
    • Valley Ford Cemetery
  • Mt. Sharp Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gatlin - Garrett Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pursley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pursley Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the southwest of Dripping Springs.
  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bremer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Simon Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranes Mill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dye Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (185 more) ...
    • Rosenthal Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cementerio Guadalupe Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • San Marcos Community Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Wimberley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sattler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sattler is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
  • Cranes Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
  • Driftwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • San Marcos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunter is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Kyle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Kyle is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kyle <2>
  • Dripping Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Henly
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Henly is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
  • Smithson Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
  • Reedville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Reedville is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
  • Buda
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Buda is located in Hays County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,544 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buda <2>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Twin Sisters
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Zorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
    • Martindale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cloptins Crossing ...

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 286 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cloptins Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cloptins Crossing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cloptins Crossing.

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 websites either 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 Cloptins Crossing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cloptins Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Cloptins Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.