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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 San Geronimo (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 San Geronimo. 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 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.

San Geronimo is located in Bexar 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 Bexar County: Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina & Wilson.

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

  • Bexar County     (The home county of San Geronimo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Grey Forest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Helotes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Scenic Oaks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Dominion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Leon Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Leon Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shavano Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Shavano Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,024 people
    • Castle Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Balcones Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lackland Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Atascosa County
    • Lytle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pipe Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bandera Falls
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Medina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarpley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Silver Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Honey Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Anhalt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Bulverde
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bracken
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Spring Branch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Garden Ridge is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,266 people
    • Smithson Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Boerne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Nelson City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Kreutzberg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Bergheim
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Welfare
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Waring
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Comfort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sisterdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kendalia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Camp Verde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Center Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Geronimo, with the one closest to San Geronimo listed first.
    • Mico
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio Medina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Castroville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • LaCoste
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <1>
    • Quihi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
    • New Fountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
    • Pearson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Hondo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Natalia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near San Geronimo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Geronimo.

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 San Geronimo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cepeda Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Heimsath Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Madla Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madla Family Cemetery
    • The Madla Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Madla Cemetery
  • Medla Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Menchaca Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Heidemann Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cole & Hugman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Helotes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Heidemann-Moreau Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (138 more) ...
    • Charles Cole Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Howard Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pipe Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Leon Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Van Raub
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Boerne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Robards
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
  • Bandera
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Castroville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Welfare
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Macdona
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • New Fountain
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
  • Waring
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Withers
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Withers is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • San Antonio
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Wetmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Anhalt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Comfort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in San Geronimo ...

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 212 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Geronimo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Geronimo, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Geronimo.

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 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 San Geronimo:

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