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 Royal Forest (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 Royal Forest. 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 Royal Forest ...
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 Royal Forest: Royal Frst.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Royal Forest is located in Comal 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 Comal County: Bexar, Blanco, Guadalupe, Hays & Kendall.
Below are the counties that are near Royal Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal Forest:
- Comal County (The home county of Royal Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Fourth Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Third Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Sattler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- First Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- First Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Second Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Second Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Canyon City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Gruene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Preiss Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Preiss Heights is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preiss Heights
- Thorn Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Freiheit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Freiheit is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freiheit
- Landa Park Highlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Canyon Lake Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
- Bastrop County
- Mustang Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Cibolo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schertz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Universal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Airport City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Airport City is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport City
- Live Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Timberwood Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
- Converse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wetmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Windcrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Windcrest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
- Fratt ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fratt is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fratt
- Hollywood Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Country Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Country Village is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Blanco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Twin Sisters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Blanco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Martindale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reedville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Maxwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fentress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Uhland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Prairie Lea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stairtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Niederwald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Joliet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Lockhart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mendoza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Brownsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Zorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Redwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Clear Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Lake Dunlap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Barbarosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Camp Willow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Galle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Schumannsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
- Geronimo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Staples
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weinert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
- Hilda Siding
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hilda Siding is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda Siding
- Lauback
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- San Marcos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cloptins Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Wimberley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodcreek
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Pleasant Valley Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Driftwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flatrock Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Mount Gainor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Buda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goforth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Kendalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bergheim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Manchaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- San Leanna
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Shady Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Creedmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Tanglewood Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood Forest is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Forest
- Carl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Sunset Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royal Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Royal Forest.
Cemeteries Near Royal Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Forest.
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 Royal Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royal Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Rosenthal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kellerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conrads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- York Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hugo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo Cemetery
- The Hugo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purgatory Springs Cemetery
- Pitts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bading Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- San Marcos Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Panteon Hidalgo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Perpetuo Socorro Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Comal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Redwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redwood Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Redwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6290 <2>
- Cementerio Guadalupe Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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 Royal Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal Forest, with the one closest to Royal Forest listed first.
- Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Sattler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- San Marcos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Braunfels
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Wimberley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Cranes Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Geronimo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martindale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reedville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Staples
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smithson Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Corbyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- Kyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royal Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal Forest.
Newspapers Published in Royal Forest ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Forest, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Forest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Royal Forest:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Comal County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Caldwell County
- Guadalupe County
- Hays 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> | 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 Royal Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Royal Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |