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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 Doss (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 Doss. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Doss is located in Gillespie County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties 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 Doss. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doss:

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Doss)
  • Kendall County
    • Bankersmith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doss, with the one closest to Doss listed first.
    • Mountain Home
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
      • Mountain Home is located in Kerr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <1>
    • Ingram
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingram have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Ingram is located in Kerr County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ingram <1>
    • Kerrville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hunt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
      • Hunt is located in Kerr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunt <1>
  • Kimble County
  • Llano County
    • Castell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
      • Castell is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <1>
  • Mason County

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

Cemeteries Near Doss ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doss.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Kensing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kensing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kensing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lange Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sattler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Squaw Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squaw Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Squaw Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mund Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mund Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mund Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellerbracht Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellerbracht Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellerbracht Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Welge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Welge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Welge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lange Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evers Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kothe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kothe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kothe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dittmar Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dittmar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dittmar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rode Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marschall Meusebach Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marschall Meusebach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Kothe Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kothe Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kothe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rode Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Doss ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doss.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doss, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doss.

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 helpful 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 Doss:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Doss. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Doss, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doss) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4447, Longitude: -99.1306    









 

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