RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Nueces County >> Agua Dulce >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Texas

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas





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 Agua Dulce (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 Agua Dulce. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Agua Dulce is located in Nueces County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nueces County: Aransas, Jim Wells, Kleberg & San Patricio.

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

  • Nueces County     (The home county of Agua Dulce)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Agua Dulce, with the one closest to Agua Dulce listed first.
    • Rancho Banquete
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Banquete have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Banquete
      • Rancho Banquete is located in Nueces County
    • Banquete
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banquete have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquete
      • Banquete is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banquete <2>
    • Spring Garden - Terra Verde
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bluntzer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • La Paloma - Lost Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Driscoll
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North San Pedro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
      • North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
    • Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Robstown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robstown
      • Robstown is located in Nueces County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,133 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robstown <2>
    • Bishop
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Calallen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Petronila
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petronila have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
      • Petronila is located in Nueces County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Tierra Grande
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
      • Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
  • Bee County
  • Duval County
    • San Diego
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Diego have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
      • San Diego is located in Duval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,188 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <2>
  • Jim Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Agua Dulce, with the one closest to Agua Dulce listed first.
    • Water City Estates
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water City Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water City Estates
      • Water City Estates is located in Jim Wells County
      • Water City Estates has also been known as:
      • Water City Estates Colonia
    • Alfred - South La Paloma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Alice
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rancho Alegre
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Alegre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
      • Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
    • Orange Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
      • Orange Grove is located in Jim Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange Grove <2>
    • Westdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
      • Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
    • Alice Acres
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alice Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
      • Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
      • Alice Acres has also been known as:
      • Alice Acres Colonia
    • Casa Blanca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • K-Bar Ranch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for K-Bar Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
      • K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
    • Owl Ranch - Amargosa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
      • Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
    • Ben Bolt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Bolt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bolt
      • Ben Bolt is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Bolt <2>
    • Coyote Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
      • Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
      • Coyote Acres has also been known as:
      • Coyote Acres Colonia
    • Sandia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
      • Sandia is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandia <2>
  • Kleberg County
  • Live Oak County
  • San Patricio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Agua Dulce, with the one closest to Agua Dulce listed first.
    • San Patricio
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Patricio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
      • San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
    • Edroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edroy
      • Edroy is located in San Patricio County
      • Edroy has also been known as:
      • Edroy Colonia
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edroy <2>
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Edgewater - Paisano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
      • Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
    • Paisano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paisano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
      • Paisano is located in San Patricio County
      • Paisano has also been known as:
      • Paisano Park Colonia
      • Paisano Park
    • Lakeside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Mathis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Odem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Vahlsing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vahlsing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vahlsing
      • Vahlsing is located in San Patricio County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vahlsing
      • From Agua Dulce to Vahlsing
    • Morgan Farm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Del Sol - Loma Linda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Agua Dulce ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Agua Dulce.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Rose Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Banquete Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lattas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lattas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lattas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Adams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Alice Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fraternal Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraternal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fraternal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. James Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calaveras Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calaveras Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calaveras Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McNeill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McNeill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McNeill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Ranch Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (66 more) ...
    • Amargosa Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amargosa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amargosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Flinn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flinn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flinn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Robstown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Agua Dulce had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Agua Dulce had a population of 798 people.

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

  • Banquete
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banquete have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquete
    • Banquete is located in Nueces County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banquete <2>
  • Driscoll
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • San Patricio
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Patricio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
    • San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
  • San Diego
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Diego have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
    • San Diego is located in Duval County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,188 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <2>
  • Mathis
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Lagarto
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lagarto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagarto
    • Lagarto is located in Live Oak County
  • Viola
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Viola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
    • Viola is located in Nueces County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Viola
    • From Agua Dulce to Viola
  • Nueces
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nueces have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
    • Nueces is located in Nueces County
  • Sinton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Agua Dulce ...

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 Agua Dulce.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Agua Dulce, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Agua Dulce.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Agua Dulce:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Agua Dulce. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nueces County: www.co.nueces.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Agua Dulce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Agua Dulce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Agua Dulce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7837, Longitude: -97.9095    









 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 29 Apr 2025