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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 Clegg (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 Clegg. 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 and 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.

Clegg is located in Live Oak 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 Live Oak County: Atascosa, Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Karnes, McMullen & San Patricio.

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

  • Live Oak County     (The home county of Clegg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clegg, with the one closest to Clegg listed first.
    • George West
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mikeska
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mikeska is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikeska
    • Dinero
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ike
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ike is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
    • Three Rivers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Oakville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ray Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
  • Bee County
    • Clareville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Clareville is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clegg, with the one closest to Clegg listed first.
    • San Diego
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Freer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jim Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clegg, with the one closest to Clegg listed first.
    • Owl Ranch - Amargosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
    • Westdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
    • Pernitas Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
    • K-Bar Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
    • Orange Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Casa Blanca
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
    • Alfred - South La Paloma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Loma Linda East
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Loma Linda East is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda East
      • Loma Linda East has also been known as:
      • Loma Linda East Colonia
    • Alice Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
      • Alice Acres has also been known as:
      • Alice Acres Colonia
    • Rancho Alegre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
    • Alice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alice is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alice <1>
    • Coyote Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
      • Coyote Acres has also been known as:
      • Coyote Acres Colonia
  • McMullen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clegg, with the one closest to Clegg listed first.
    • Calliham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tilden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nueces County
    • Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Patricio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clegg, with the one closest to Clegg listed first.
    • Lake City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Edgewater - Paisano
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
    • Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Paisano
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Paisano is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
      • Paisano has also been known as:
      • Paisano Park Colonia
      • Paisano Park
    • Mathis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mathis is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathis <1>
    • Vahlsing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Vahlsing is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vahlsing

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

Cemeteries Near Clegg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clegg.

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

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

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

  • Clegg Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Latham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Perez Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Villareal Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dilworth Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Campos Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. George Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Amargosa Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gussettville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Gussettville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Reynolds Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagarto Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Balania Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<3>

While we didn't find Clegg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clegg.

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

  • Lagarto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lagarto is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagarto
  • Oakville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • San Diego
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • La Para
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • La Para is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Para
  • Mathis
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mathis is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathis <1>
  • Tilden
    (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 Clegg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clegg.

Newspapers Published in Clegg ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clegg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clegg, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clegg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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 Clegg, 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' (or 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- Clegg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.