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 Bayview Estates (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 Bayview Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Bayview Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Bayview Estates has also been known as: Bayview Estates Colonia.
Other variations include: Bay View Estates Colonia and Bay View Estates.
- A typical abbreviation for Bayview Estates: Bayview Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bayview Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bayview Estates.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bayview Estates is located in San Patricio 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 San Patricio County: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces & Refugio.
Below are the counties that are near Bayview Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayview Estates:
- San Patricio County (The home county of Bayview Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Tradewinds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- Gregory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Taft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Doyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taft Southwest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
- Ingleside-On-the-Bay
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Harbor City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harbor City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
- Rancho Chico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Sinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Morgan Farm
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
- Morgan Farm has also been known as:
- Morgan Farm Colonia
- Aransas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Copano Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Copano Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
- Aransas Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spanish Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Bee County
- Blanconia
(28 miles [45.1 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 County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Port Aransas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corpus Christi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Calallen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Refugio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Bayside
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Woodsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Refugio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayview Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Bayview Estates.
Cemeteries Near Bayview Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayview Estates.
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 Bayview Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayview Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Aransas Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- San Antonio Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- San Ignacio Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Palms Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Bellevue Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockport Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fulton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Royal Palm Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eternal Rest Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Bayview Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayview Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayview Estates, with the one closest to Bayview Estates listed first.
- Gregory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aransas Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lamar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Sinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nueces
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Corpus Christi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Refugio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Viola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Papalote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Blanconia
(28 miles [45.1 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayview Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayview Estates.
Newspapers Published in Bayview Estates ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayview Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayview Estates, 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 Bayview Estates.
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 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 Bayview Estates:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to San Patricio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aransas County
- Bee County
- Nueces County
- Refugio 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bayview Estates) 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 Bayview Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |