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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 Lindendale (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 Lindendale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lindendale is located in Kendall 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 Kendall County: Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie & Kerr.

Below are the counties that are near Lindendale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lindendale:

  • Kendall County     (The home county of Lindendale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Sisterdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bankersmith
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Waring
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Welfare
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Kreutzberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Nelson City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Bergheim
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Comfort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Boerne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Scenic Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Timberwood Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
    • Leon Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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 Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Hye
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Blanco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Twin Sisters
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Johnson City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Blowout
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Blowout is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Round Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Spring Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Silver Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Fischer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Anhalt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Cranes Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
    • Bulverde
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Canyon Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
    • Canyon Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Albert
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
    • Stonewall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Luckenbach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blumenthal
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
    • Grapetown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Cain City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
    • Fredericksburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Eckert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
    • Tivydale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Henly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Henly is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Gainor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindendale, with the one closest to Lindendale listed first.
    • Center Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerrville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Lindendale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lindendale.

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

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

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

  • Givens - Bindseil Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • McKinney Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Luckenbach Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • South Grape Creek Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Werner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Knuepper Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wegner Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (133 more) ...
    • Grapetown Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Herbst - Patton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Schmidt Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Stonewall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Luckenbach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sisterdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kendalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blanco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Waring
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Twin Sisters
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
  • Welfare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Johnson City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fredericksburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Comfort
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Lindendale ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lindendale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lindendale, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lindendale.

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 Lindendale:

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