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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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Comanche Crossing: Comanche Xing.
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.
Comanche Crossing is located in Gonzales 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 Gonzales County: Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Comanche Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Comanche Crossing:
- Gonzales County (The home county of Comanche Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Waelder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kokernot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Sandy Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Glaze City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
- Gonzales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Harwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cost
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cost is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cost
- Ottine
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Cheapside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cheapside is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheapside
- Monthalia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Jeddo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Kovar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kovar is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kovar
- Rosanky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Togo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Togo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Togo
- Red Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bateman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bateman is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman
- Smithville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upton is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Delhi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- McNeil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McNeil is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Soda Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Tilmon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- Luling
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brownsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- McMahan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McMahan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
- Elm Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
- Pettytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pettytown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettytown
- Seawillow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
- Taylorsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Joliet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Colorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Bielau ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Bielau is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bielau
- Weimar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- DeWitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Pearl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Hochheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yoakum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edgar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Edgar is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Westhoff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Terryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terryville is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Flatonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Praha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Cistern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Engle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Engle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Muldoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Freyburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freyburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freyburg
- Schulenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stellar
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stellar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
- Dubina ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dubina is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
- Hostyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hostyn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostyn
- Kirtley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kirtley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lavaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Komensky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Komensky is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky
- Wied
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Breslau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Breslau is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
- Moravia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moravia is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
- Sweet Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gleckler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
- Hallettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hackberry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Sublime
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ezzell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
- Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Comanche Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Comanche Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Comanche Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Comanche 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 Comanche Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Comanche Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Mt. Eden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dilworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Moulton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Denton Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Slavonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burkett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Andrew Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waelder City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gonzales Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Castleman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baursville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Comanche Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Comanche Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Comanche Crossing, with the one closest to Comanche Crossing listed first.
- Nickel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nickel is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel
- Moulton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waelder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kokernot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
- Gonzales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Hamon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hamon is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamon
- Flatonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Witting
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Witting is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witting
- Praha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Praha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Praha
- Praha has also been known as:
- Hottentot
- Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wied
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wied is located in Lavaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
- Harwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slayden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Slayden is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Comanche Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Comanche Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Comanche 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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Comanche Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Comanche Crossing, 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 Comanche Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Comanche Crossing:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Gonzales County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Caldwell County
- Colorado County
- DeWitt County
- Fayette County
- Lavaca 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 Comanche Crossing, 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- Comanche Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |