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Welcome to Santo Tomas ...So far, we found very little information about Santo Tomas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Santo Tomas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Santo Tomas, please Contact Us. Santo Tomas was located on the South Texas Plains. Santo Tomas would have been located within present day Webb County<2>. The location of Santo Tomas has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Santo Tomas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915. While the community is gone, the present day location for Santo Tomas is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Santo Tomas was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Santo Tomas ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Santo Tomas - they are located in Arizona and New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Santo Tomas. Communities near Santo Tomas ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Santo Tomas.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Santo Tomas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Santo Tomas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Santo Tomas. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Santo Tomas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Santo Tomas. See our Newspapers Page for Santo Tomas. Adding Santo Tomas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Santo Tomas 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 Santo Tomas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Santo Tomas. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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