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 Cranes Mill (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 Cranes Mill. 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 Cranes Mill ...
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 Cranes Mill: Cranes Ml. (or less commonly used: Cranes Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Cranes Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cranes Mill may originally have been Crane's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cranes Mill might be written as Crane Mill.
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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Cranes Mill is located in Comal 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 Comal County: Bexar, Blanco, Guadalupe, Hays & Kendall.
Below are the counties that are near Cranes Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cranes Mill:
- Comal County (The home county of Cranes Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Canyon Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
- Westhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westhaven is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Canyon Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fischer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Canyon Lake Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
- Startzville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Startzville is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
- Canyon City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Smithson Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Sattler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Spring Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fourth Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Third Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Bulverde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bexar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Timberwood Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
- Selma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cibolo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Schertz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fair Oaks Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Universal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wetmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hollywood Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Airport City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Airport City is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport City
- Dominion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dominion is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Hill Country Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Country Village is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Leon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
- Blanco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Twin Sisters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flugrath ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Flugrath is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
- Johnson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Reedville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Martindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maxwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Uhland
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Gillespie County
- Albert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Albert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Northcliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
- Clear Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Lake Dunlap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Barbarosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Camp Willow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Schumannsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
- Zorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Redwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Santa Clara
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
- Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
- Haeckerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Galle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Geronimo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloptins Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Wimberley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodcreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Mount Gainor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Henly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Driftwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- San Marcos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dripping Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain City
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Flatrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Kendalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bergheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
- Kreutzberg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
- Sisterdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boerne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Welfare
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Welfare is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
- Nelson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nelson City is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
- Waring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Travis County
- Shady Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cranes Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Cranes Mill.
Cemeteries Near Cranes Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cranes Mill.
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 Cranes Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cranes Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Bremer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Simon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cranes Mill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jonas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rust Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beierle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peal Cemetery
- Valley Ford Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weidner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Heimer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kraft Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Hugo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo Cemetery
- The Hugo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purgatory Springs Cemetery
- Twin Sisters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- August Jonas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cranes Mill had a population of 31 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cranes Mill, with the one closest to Cranes Mill listed first.
- Smithson Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Spring Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sattler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Twin Sisters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Wimberley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anhalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anhalt is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kendalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hunter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- New Braunfels
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Corbyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- Henly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Driftwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bracken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bracken is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Clear Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cranes Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cranes Mill.
Newspapers Published in Cranes Mill ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cranes Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cranes Mill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cranes Mill.
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 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 Cranes Mill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Comal County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Caldwell County
- Gillespie County
- Guadalupe County
- Hays County
- Kendall County
- Travis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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 Cranes Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cranes Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |