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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 Buenos (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 Buenos. 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 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.

Buenos is located in Garza 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 Garza County: Borden, Crosby, Dickens, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn & Scurry.

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

  • Garza County     (The home county of Buenos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buenos, with the one closest to Buenos listed first.
    • Southland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Southland is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
    • Close City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Close City is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close City
      • Close City has also been known as:
      • Ragtown
    • Post
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Post is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post <1>
    • Verbena ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Verbena is located in Garza County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
    • Justiceburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Crosby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buenos, with the one closest to Buenos listed first.
    • Canyon Valley ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Canyon Valley is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Valley
    • Cap Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cap Rock is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Rock
    • Owens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Owens is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens
    • Savage ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Savage is located in Crosby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
    • Lorenzo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Ralls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Crosbyton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dawson County
    • O'Donnell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Lubbock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buenos, with the one closest to Buenos listed first.
    • Slaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Posey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Posey is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
    • Ransom Canyon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Canyon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Canyon is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Slide
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Slide is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slide
    • Idalou
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kitalou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kitalou is located in Lubbock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitalou
    • Lubbock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buenos, with the one closest to Buenos listed first.
    • New Lynn ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • New Lynn is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lynn
    • Grassland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grassland is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
    • Wilson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Wayside ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Wayside is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
    • Tahoka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Draw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Draw is located in Lynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draw
    • New Home
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Buenos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buenos.

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 Buenos - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Southland.
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Southland Resthaven Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6328 <2>
  • Kate McCommis Grave
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Terrace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Terrace Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Post.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7207 <2>
  • Grassland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Englewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Slaton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3441 <2>
  • West Englewood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Englewood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Englewood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Slaton.
  • Green Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3923 <2>
  • Cross H Ranch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nevels Memorial Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Rest Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Tahoka Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoka Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tahoka Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Tahoka.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #240391 <2>
  • Emma Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emma Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Ralls.
    • The Emma Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Emma Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172063 <2>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Justiceburg Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Side Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Side Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Side Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lorenzo.
      • The West Side Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mount Pleasant Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4942 <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 Buenos in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buenos.

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

  • Grassland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grassland is located in Lynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Lubbock
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Buenos ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buenos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buenos, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buenos.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Buenos:

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 from Point A (ie- Buenos) 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 Buenos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.