Flanders (Val Verde County, TX) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Flanders, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flanders and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Val Verde County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Val Verde County

Communities Also Named Flanders ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Flanders.

Within Texas, the name Flanders is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - DeKalb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Flanders [DeKalb County].
- Connecticut
  - Litchfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Flanders [Litchfield County].
  - New Haven County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Flanders [New Haven County].
  - New London County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Flanders [New London County].
- Georgia
  - Emanuel County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Flanders [Emanuel County].
- Louisiana
  - Lafayette Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Flanders [Lafayette Parish].
- Michigan
  - Alpena County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Flanders [Alpena County].
- New Jersey
  - Morris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Flanders [Morris County].
- New York
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Flanders [Suffolk County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Flanders.
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Flanders.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Flanders could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.