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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 Scenic Oaks (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 Scenic Oaks. 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 and 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.

Scenic Oaks 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 Scenic Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scenic Oaks:

  • Bexar County     (The home county of Scenic Oaks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Mountain
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Leon Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Dominion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Grey Forest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Helotes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Timberwood Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
    • Shavano Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shavano Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,024 people
    • Hollywood Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill Country Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Leon Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Castle Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pipe Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bandera Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Twin Sisters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Blanco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Silver Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Honey Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Anhalt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Bulverde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Spring Branch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithson Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Bracken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Garden Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 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
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Northcliff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Haeckerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Boerne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kreutzberg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Bergheim
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Nelson City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Welfare
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Sisterdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Waring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kendalia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bankersmith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Kerr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Center Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Verde
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scenic Oaks, with the one closest to Scenic Oaks listed first.
    • Mico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio Medina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Castroville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • LaCoste
      (28 miles [45.1 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi

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

Cemeteries Near Scenic Oaks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scenic Oaks.

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 Scenic Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Heidemann-Moreau Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Heidemann Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Charles Cole Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cole & Hugman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Heimsath Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mission Burial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mission North Burial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Madla Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madla Family Cemetery
    • The Madla Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Madla Cemetery
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...
    • Medla Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Menchaca Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cepeda Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<4>

While we didn't find Scenic Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scenic Oaks.

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

  • Van Raub
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Leon Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Boerne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Anhalt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Anhalt is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
  • Robards
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
  • Welfare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Wetmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Waring
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Sisterdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Spring Branch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendalia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithson Valley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • San Antonio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bracken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Comfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Scenic Oaks ...

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 225 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scenic Oaks.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Scenic Oaks:

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scenic Oaks) 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 Scenic Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.