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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 Yancey (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 Yancey. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Yancey is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Uvalde & Zavala.

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

  • Medina County     (The home county of Yancey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
    • Devine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hondo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • D'Hanis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Natalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • New Fountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
    • Quihi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
    • Pearson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Castroville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • LaCoste
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Rio Medina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mico
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
    • Kyote
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
    • Lytle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Iuka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Anchorage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Crown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
    • Rossville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
    • Atascosa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bexar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Somerset
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Macdona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
    • Moore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Frio Town ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Frio Town is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
    • North Pearsall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
    • West Pearsall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
    • Bigfoot
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pearsall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Derby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Derby is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Derby has also been known as:
      • Derby Colonia
    • Divot ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Divot is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divot
    • Hilltop
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hilltop is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop has also been known as:
      • Hilltop Colonia
  • Uvalde County
    • Sabinal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Yancey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yancey.

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 Yancey - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Yancey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Styles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Tehuacana Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehuacana Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butts Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tomerlin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mussman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Roberson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frio Town Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • St. Dominic Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of D'Hanis.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4325 <2>

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

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

  • Moore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frio Town ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Frio Town is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
  • Devine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hondo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • D'Hanis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pearsall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bigfoot
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Noonan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Noonan is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
  • New Fountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
  • Lytle
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Castroville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sabinal
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Derby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Derby is located in Frio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Derby has also been known as:
      • Derby Colonia
    • Anchorage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Atascosa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Yancey ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yancey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yancey, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yancey.

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 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 Yancey:

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 '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- Yancey) 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 Yancey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.