Welcome to Saint Marys ...

So far, we found very little information about Saint Marys. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Saint Marys to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Saint Marys - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Saint Marys, please Contact Us.

Saint Marys was located on the Gulf Coast.

While we don't have the exact location of Saint Marys , we believe that it would have been located within present day Refugio County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Marys, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

When the people of Saint Marys referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Saint Marysite<3>

A typical abbreviation for Saint Marys: St. Marys

Time Zone: The area where Saint Marys was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Saint Marys once stood is in the (361) area code.

Communities Also Named Saint Marys ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Saint Marys - they are located in Alaska, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (3), Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Marys.

Adding Saint Marys to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Marys in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Saint Marys was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Marys.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 Saint Marys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Refugio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Saint Marys refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Saint Marys may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.