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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 Sandy (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 Sandy. 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 hospitals 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.

Sandy is located in Blanco 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 Blanco County: Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Llano & Travis.

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

  • Blanco County     (The home county of Sandy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Johnson City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hye
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Cypress Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Blanco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flugrath have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
    • Twin Sisters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
  • Burnet County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Horseshoe Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Shores
      • Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood Shores <1>
    • Granite Shoals
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Shoals
      • Granite Shoals is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Shoals <1>
    • Highland Haven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Meadowlakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Marble Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Spicewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicewood
      • Spicewood is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicewood <1>
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
      • Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
      • Mormon Mill has also been known as:
      • Mormon Colony
  • Comal County
    • Fischer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fischer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fischer
      • Fischer is located in Comal County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fischer <1>
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Albert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
    • Stonewall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Eckert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
      • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Blumenthal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blumenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
      • Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
    • Luckenbach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cain City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
      • Cain City is located in Gillespie County
    • Fredericksburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Grapetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
  • Hays County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Henly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
      • Henly is located in Hays County
    • Mount Gainor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gainor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
      • Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
    • Dripping Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fitzhugh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
      • Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Crossing
      • Pleasant Valley Crossing is located in Hays County
    • Driftwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Bankersmith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bankersmith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
    • Kendalia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
      • Kendalia is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendalia <1>
    • Sisterdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Sunrise Beach Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach Village
      • Sunrise Beach Village is located in Llano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach Village <1>
    • Click ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
      • Click is located in Llano County
    • Kingsland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
      • Kingsland is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsland <1>
    • Buchanan Dam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy, with the one closest to Sandy listed first.
    • Briarcliff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Point Venture
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Venture have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
      • Point Venture is located in Travis County
      • 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>
    • The Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
      • The Hills is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
    • Lago Vista
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeway
      • Lakeway is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeway <1>
    • Buffalo Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Sandy ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy, 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 Sandy.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Sandy:

Cemeteries Near Sandy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy.

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 Sandy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Sandy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Mountain Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Roberts / Shelley / Hardin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Smith Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Davis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3183 <4>
  • Comanche Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Youngs Chapel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Cemetery
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...
    • Cypress Mill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Martin Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Stonewall Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sandy had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Johnson City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Blowout
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowout have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
    • Blowout is located in Blanco County
  • Hye
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hye have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Cypress Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Stonewall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shovel Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shovel Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
  • Willow City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Click ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Click have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
    • Click is located in Llano County
  • Blanco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Henly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
    • Henly is located in Hays County
  • Marble Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Luckenbach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Oxford is located in Llano County
    • Fairland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
      • Fairland is located in Burnet County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3610, Longitude: -98.4699    
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Sandy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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