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 Legion (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 Legion. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Legion is located in Kerr 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 Kerr County: Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kimble & Real.
Below are the counties that are near Legion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Legion:
- Kerr County (The home county of Legion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Kerrville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Verde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hunt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bandera County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Medina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bandera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lakehills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pipe Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tuff ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tuff is located in Bandera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuff
- Bandera Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
- Tarpley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gillespie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
- Tivydale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
- Grapetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
- Harper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cain City is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luckenbach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blumenthal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
- Doss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stonewall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Comfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Waring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bankersmith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
- Welfare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Welfare is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
- Nelson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson City is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
- Sisterdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boerne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
- Kreutzberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Legion, see our County-by-County Page for Legion.
Cemeteries Near Legion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Legion.
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 Legion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Legion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kerrville National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville National Cemetery
- The Kerrville National Cemetery has also been known as:
- VA National Cemetery
- Glen Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Rose Cemetery
- The Glen Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glen Rest Cemetery
- Harris Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden of Memories North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tivy Mtn. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tivy Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wharton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Real Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Real Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Real Family Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Kerrville.
- Continue List (71 more) ...
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Starkey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Habecker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Legion in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Legion.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Legion, with the one closest to Legion listed first.
- Kerrville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Verde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ingram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Comfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Medina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Waring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bandera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Harper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Welfare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Welfare is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sisterdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Luckenbach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boerne
(27 miles [43.5 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 Legion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Legion.
Newspapers Published in Legion ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Legion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Legion, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Legion.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Legion:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Kerr County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bandera County
- Gillespie County
- Kendall 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Legion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Legion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |