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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 Rocky Hill (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 Rocky Hill. 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 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.

Rocky Hill is located in Gillespie County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gillespie County: Blanco, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano & Mason.

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

  • Gillespie County     (The home county of Rocky Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Hill, with the one closest to Rocky Hill listed first.
    • Cain City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
    • Blumenthal
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blumenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
    • Luckenbach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fredericksburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grapetown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Albert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
    • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
      • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
    • Eckert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Willow City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tivydale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
      • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
    • Doss
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Hill, with the one closest to Rocky Hill listed first.
    • Hye
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
      • Hye is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <2>
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flugrath have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
    • Sandy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blanco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Johnson City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Twin Sisters
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
    • Round Mountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Hill, with the one closest to Rocky Hill listed first.
    • Bankersmith
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
    • Sisterdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Comfort
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Comfort is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comfort <2>
    • Waring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Welfare
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammans Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
    • Nelson City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
    • Kendalia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Kreutzberg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
    • Boerne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Bergheim
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergheim
      • Bergheim is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bergheim <2>
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Hill, with the one closest to Rocky Hill listed first.
    • Center Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerrville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ingram
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingram have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Ingram is located in Kerr County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ingram <2>
    • Camp Verde
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Llano County
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
  • Mason County
    • Loyal Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County

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

Cemeteries Near Rocky Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Hill.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Luckenbach Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luckenbach Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luckenbach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Grape Creek Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Meusebach Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grapetown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Der Stadt Friedhof Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rode Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rode Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stonewall Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Mary's Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
    • The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Catholic Cemetery
  • Eckert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (116 more) ...
    • Johnson Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Willow City Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow City Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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 Rocky Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky Hill.

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

  • Luckenbach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fredericksburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonewall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hye
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hye
    • Hye is located in Blanco County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hye <2>
  • Willow City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sisterdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Comfort
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
    • Comfort is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comfort <2>
  • Waring
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Welfare
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
  • Blowout
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Sandy
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendalia
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Blanco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Johnson City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Kerrville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Rocky Hill ...

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 Rocky Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Hill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Hill.

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 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 Rocky Hill:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rocky Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Rocky Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Rocky Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2246, Longitude: -98.7936       In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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