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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Crabapple. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Crabapple to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crabapple, please Contact Us.

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 Crabapple (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 Crabapple. 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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Crabapple is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Crabapple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crabapple:

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Crabapple)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabapple, with the one closest to Crabapple listed first.
    • Eckert
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Willow City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fredericksburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Blumenthal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Cain City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Stonewall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Doss
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Luckenbach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Grapetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Tivydale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
    • Albert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabapple, with the one closest to Crabapple listed first.
    • Blowout
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Hye
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Johnson City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 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
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabapple, with the one closest to Crabapple listed first.
    • Granite Shoals
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Highland Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabapple, with the one closest to Crabapple listed first.
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Click is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Castell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Kingsland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Valley Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Grove is located in Llano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabapple, with the one closest to Crabapple listed first.
    • Loyal Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Hilda
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Crabapple, see our County-by-County Page for Crabapple.

Cemeteries Near Crabapple ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crabapple.

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

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

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

  • Rusche Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Schmidt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Welgehausen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sagebiel - Keese Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wendel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Durst Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ketron Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Schneider Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Dearing Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Schugh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (87 more) ...
    • Putman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ahrens Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Friedrich Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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.

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

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

  • Willow City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fredericksburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oxford ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Loyal Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
  • Blowout
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
  • Stonewall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Click is located in Llano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
  • Luckenbach
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Castell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Hye
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • 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
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Llano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Harper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Johnson City
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Crabapple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crabapple.

Newspapers Published in Crabapple ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crabapple.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crabapple, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crabapple.

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 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 Crabapple:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Crabapple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crabapple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.