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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 Pleasant Valley Crossing (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 Pleasant Valley Crossing. 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant Valley Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley Crossing: Pleasant Vly. Xing. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. Xing. or Pleasant Vlly. Xing.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Pleasant Valley Crossing is located in Hays 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 Hays County: Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Valley Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing:
- Hays County (The home county of Pleasant Valley Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Cloptins Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Woodcreek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Wimberley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Gainor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Henly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Driftwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dripping Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Marcos
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Flatrock Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Bear Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
- Fitzhugh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Bastrop County
- Mustang Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Bexar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Timberwood Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
- Cibolo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Selma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Schertz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blanco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Twin Sisters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flugrath ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flugrath is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
- Johnson City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Round Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Reedville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Uhland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Martindale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Niederwald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Mendoza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Fentress
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Comal County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Fischer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cranes Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Canyon City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Canyon Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon Lake Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
- Sattler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Canyon Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
- Westhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westhaven is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
- Fourth Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Startzville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Startzville is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
- Royal Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Forest
- Third Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Second Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Second Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Gillespie County
- Albert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Albert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Redwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Zorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Clear Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Lake Dunlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Barbarosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Camp Willow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Galle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Schumannsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
- Northcliff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
- Staples
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Geronimo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weinert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
- Hilda Siding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hilda Siding is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda Siding
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Kendalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bergheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
- Kreutzberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Manchaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- San Leanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- San Leanna is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Tanglewood Forest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
- Bee Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Barton Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Creek
- The Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
- Sunset Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Creedmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lakeway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Point Venture
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Point Venture is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
- Point Venture has also been known as:
- Point Venture village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Venture <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley Crossing.
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 Pleasant Valley Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peal Cemetery
- Valley Ford Cemetery
- Jacobs Well Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo Cemetery
- The Hugo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purgatory Springs Cemetery
- Mt. Sharp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sharp Cemetery
- The Mt. Sharp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Sharp Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5420 <2>
- Bremer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gatlin - Garrett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pursley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pursley Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Dripping Springs.
- Simon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cranes Mill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Payton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peyton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton Cemetery
- The Peyton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boardhouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5918 <2>
- Dye Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (159 more) ...
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jonas Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebrooks Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Pleasant Valley Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley Crossing, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Crossing listed first.
- Wimberley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranes Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Sattler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- Twin Sisters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Driftwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Dripping Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Hunter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- San Marcos
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kendalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Anhalt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anhalt is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley Crossing ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley Crossing, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Valley Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Pleasant Valley Crossing:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hays County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Caldwell County
- Comal County
- Gillespie County
- Guadalupe County
- Kendall County
- Travis 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 '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- Pleasant Valley Crossing) 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 Pleasant Valley Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |