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 Bayside (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 Bayside. 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 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.
Bayside is located in Refugio 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 Refugio County: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, San Patricio & Victoria.
Below are the counties that are near Bayside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayside:
- Refugio County (The home county of Bayside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Black Point ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Woodsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Refugio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Austwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aransas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Copano Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Copano Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aransas Pass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Bee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Blanconia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blanconia is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
- Former names for Blanconia:
- Dark Corners
- Pull Tight
- Skidmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Port Aransas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corpus Christi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Calallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- San Patricio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Tradewinds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Taft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <1>
- Taft Southwest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
- Ingleside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Doyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harbor City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
- Ingleside-On-the-Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ingleside-On-the-Bay is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside-On-the-Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Rancho Chico
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Sinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayside, see our County-by-County Page for Bayside.
Cemeteries Near Bayside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayside.
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 Bayside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- McLester Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLester Family Cemetery
- The McLester Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLester Cemetery
- McLester Orchard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5152 <2>
- Aransas Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fulton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fulton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980333 <2>
- La Rosa Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- San Antonio Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Cemetery
- The San Antonio Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cementerio San Antonio De Padua
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6682 <2>
- Gregory Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Heard Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Refugio.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5697 <2>
- Lamar Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Bellevue Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Palms Memorial Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palms Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Portland.
- The Palms Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- San Patricio Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6716 <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 Bayside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayside, with the one closest to Bayside listed first.
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gregory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lamar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lamar is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Refugio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aransas Pass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blanconia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blanconia is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
- Former names for Blanconia:
- Dark Corners
- Pull Tight
- Nueces
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Papalote
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Viola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Corpus Christi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayside.
Newspapers Published in Bayside ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayside, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayside.
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 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 Bayside:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Refugio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aransas County
- Bee County
- Nueces County
- San Patricio County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 from Point A (ie- Bayside) 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 Bayside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |