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 El Cenizo (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 El Cenizo. 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.

El Cenizo is located in Webb County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Webb County: Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick & Zapata.

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

• Webb County     (The home county of El Cenizo)
  • The following are listed by their distance from El Cenizo, with the one closest to El Cenizo listed first.
  • Rio Bravo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo
    • Rio Bravo is located in Webb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,608 people
    • Rio Bravo has also been known as:
    • Rio Bravo Colonia
  • La Presa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Presa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Presa
    • La Presa is located in Webb County
    • La Presa has also been known as:
    • La Presa Colonia
  • Laredo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Laredo is located in Webb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
  • Larga Vista
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larga Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larga Vista
    • Larga Vista is located in Webb County
    • Larga Vista has also been known as:
    • Larga Vista Colonia
  • Laredo Ranchettes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laredo Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
    • Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
  • Pescadito ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pescadito have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescadito
    • Pescadito is located in Webb County
  • Islitas ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islitas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islitas
    • Islitas is located in Webb County
  • Ranchos Penitas West
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchos Penitas West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos Penitas West
    • Ranchos Penitas West is located in Webb County
    • Ranchos Penitas West has also been known as:
    • Ranchos Penitas West Colonia
  • Regency Village
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Village
    • Regency Village is located in Webb County
    • Regency Village has also been known as:
    • Regency Village Colonia
  • Botines
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Botines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botines
    • Botines is located in Webb County
  • Ranchitos Las Lomas
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchitos Las Lomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchitos Las Lomas
    • Ranchitos Las Lomas is located in Webb County
• Zapata County
  • San Ygnacio
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ygnacio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ygnacio
    • San Ygnacio is located in Zapata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Ygnacio <2>

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

Newspapers Published in El Cenizo ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Cenizo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Cenizo, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Cenizo.

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 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 El Cenizo:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Webb County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Zapata County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Webb County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Webb County

Cemeteries Near El Cenizo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Cenizo.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Dolores Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dolores Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518185 <5>
• City Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
  • The City Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Laredo City Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186555 <5>
• Calvary Catholic Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
  • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966533 <5>
• Cementerio Blas Maria Uribe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • The Cementerio Blas Maria Uribe has also been known as:
  • Uribe Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio Blas Maria Uribe
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7362 <5>
• Cementerio del Pueblo Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cementerio del Pueblo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio del Pueblo Cemetery
• New Ramireno Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Ramireno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Ramireno Cemetery
• Old Raotireno Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Raotireno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Raotireno Cemetery
• Tordillo Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tordillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tordillo Cemetery
• Uribeno Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uribeno Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7361 <5>
• Dolores Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • The Dolores Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Dolores Ranch Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3263 <5>

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.<6>

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

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

• Laredo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
  • Laredo is located in Webb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
• Pescadito ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pescadito have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescadito
  • Pescadito is located in Webb County
• San Ygnacio
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ygnacio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ygnacio
  • San Ygnacio is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Ygnacio <2>
• Aguilares
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aguilares have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aguilares
  • Aguilares is located in Webb County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for El Cenizo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/