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 McQueeney (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 McQueeney. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
McQueeney is located in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County: Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Hays & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near McQueeney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McQueeney:
- Guadalupe County (The home county of McQueeney)
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Nolte
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nolte is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolte
- Muehlsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Muehlsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muehlsville
- Morrison Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Falls is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Falls
- Zipp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zipp is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipp
- Hilda Siding
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hilda Siding is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda Siding
- Seguin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schumannsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
- Camp Willow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Clear Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Geronimo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lauback
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
- Lake Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bexar County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Cibolo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Schertz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Hedwig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Airport City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Airport City is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport City
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Universal City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Adkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Martinez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinez is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Sayers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sayers is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayers
- Windcrest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Windcrest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Fentress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Lea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stairtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
- Reedville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Luling
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Joliet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Maxwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Soda Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Soda Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- McNeil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McNeil is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Brownsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Lockhart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Comal County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Freiheit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freiheit is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freiheit
- New Braunfels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Solms is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solms
- Dittlinger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dittlinger is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dittlinger
- Gruene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jentsch Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jentsch Acres is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jentsch Acres
- Landa Park Highlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Preiss Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Preiss Heights is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preiss Heights
- Comal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Comal is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comal
- Corbyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- First Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- First Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Hunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Gonzales County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Dewville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dewville is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewville
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Leesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monthalia ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Monthalia is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monthalia
- Ottine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bebe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- San Marcos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cloptins Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Wimberley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodcreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- La Vernia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carpenter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Nockenut
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nockenut is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nockenut
- Alum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alum is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
- Caddo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Caddo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
- Sutherland Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Kicaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kicaster is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicaster
- Grass Pond Colony ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Grass Pond Colony is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Pond Colony
- Stockdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pandora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calaveras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calaveras is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calaveras
- Denhawken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Denhawken is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhawken
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McQueeney, see our County-by-County Page for McQueeney.
Cemeteries Near McQueeney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McQueeney.
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 McQueeney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McQueeney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Santo Tomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smith Family Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boecker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- San Geronimo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- San Juan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dugger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Ilka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoffmann Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find McQueeney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McQueeney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McQueeney, with the one closest to McQueeney listed first.
- Seguin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Geronimo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Berlin is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- New Braunfels
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olmos ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olmos is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmos
- Kingsbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Corbyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- Cibolo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hunter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Hedwig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Converse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McQueeney. See our List of 1890's Communities around McQueeney.
Newspapers Published in McQueeney ...
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 196 newspapers that have been published in the area around McQueeney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McQueeney, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McQueeney.
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 McQueeney:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Guadalupe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bexar County
- Caldwell County
- Comal County
- Gonzales County
- Hays County
- Wilson 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> | 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 McQueeney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- McQueeney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |