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 Bonnie View (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 Bonnie View. 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 Bonnie View ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bonnie View: Bonnie Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bonnie View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bonnie View.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Bonnie View 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 Bonnie View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonnie View:
- Refugio County (The home county of Bonnie View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Woodsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Bayside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Refugio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aransas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Copano Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Copano Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aransas Pass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Blanconia
(16 miles [25.7 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tynan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Goliad County
- Berclair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Port Aransas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corpus Christi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Calallen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Patricio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Tradewinds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- 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
- Taft
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Rancho Chico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Sinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Morgan Farm
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Doyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ingleside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ingleside-On-the-Bay
(23 miles [37 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonnie View, see our County-by-County Page for Bonnie View.
Cemeteries Near Bonnie View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonnie View.
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 Bonnie View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonnie View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- La Rosa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Heard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eternal Rest Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heaven's Acre Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McLester Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Blanconia Methodist Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (43 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sinton Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sinton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Sinton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1076319 <2>
- Papalote Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bonnie View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bonnie View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonnie View, with the one closest to Bonnie View listed first.
- Refugio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blanconia
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Rockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lamar is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Papalote
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aransas Pass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skidmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Nueces
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Corpus Christi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonnie View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonnie View.
Newspapers Published in Bonnie View ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonnie View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonnie View, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonnie View.
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 helpful 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 Bonnie View:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Refugio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aransas County
- Bee County
- Goliad 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> | 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 Bonnie View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bonnie View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |