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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 Silver Hills (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 Silver Hills. 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.

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

  • Comal County     (The home county of Silver Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Honey Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Anhalt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Bulverde
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Spring Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithson Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Canyon Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
    • Cranes Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
    • Bracken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Pipe Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Bandera Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Scenic Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Dominion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Leon Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Timberwood Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
    • Cross Mountain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Grey Forest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Shavano Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Helotes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hill Country Village
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Castle Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Blanco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Twin Sisters
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Flugrath ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Flugrath is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
    • Blanco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gillespie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Albert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Albert is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
    • Grapetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
    • Luckenbach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Northcliff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Haeckerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
    • Santa Clara
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
  • Hays County
    • Pleasant Valley Crossing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Bergheim
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kreutzberg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Boerne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Kendalia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Sisterdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waring
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Comfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bankersmith
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
  • Kerr County
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Hills, with the one closest to Silver Hills listed first.
    • Mico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio Medina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Silver Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Hills.

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 Silver Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Saur Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Kruckemeyer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lenz Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lex Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bergheim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Heidemann-Moreau Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Honey Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wren Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
    • The St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Paul's Cemetery
  • Kabelmacher Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Scheel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • Wehe Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Krause Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Willke Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Van Raub
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Anhalt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Anhalt is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
  • Boerne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Leon Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Spring Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendalia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Welfare
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Smithson Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
  • Sisterdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Waring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Robards
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
  • Wetmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Twin Sisters
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
    • Bracken
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Cranes Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill

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

Newspapers Published in Silver Hills ...

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 223 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Hills, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver Hills.

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 helpful 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 Silver Hills:

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 Silver Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.