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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 Flores Addition (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 Flores Addition. 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 Flores Addition ...

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 have occurred.

Flores Addition has also been known as: Flores Addition Colonia.

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.

Flores Addition is located in Zapata 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 Zapata County: Jim Hogg, Starr & Webb.

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

  • Zapata County     (The home county of Flores Addition)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flores Addition, with the one closest to Flores Addition listed first.
    • Medina
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
      • Medina is located in Zapata County
    • Zapata
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Falcon Lake Estates
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Lake Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake Estates
      • Falcon Lake Estates is located in Zapata County
    • Siesta Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
      • Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
    • Falcon Mesa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
      • Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
    • Morales - Sanchez
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
      • Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
      • Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
      • Morales - Sanchez Colonia
    • San Ygnacio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Lopeno
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Falcon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
      • New Falcon is located in Zapata County
      • New Falcon has also been known as:
      • New Falcon Colonia
  • Jim Hogg County
  • Starr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flores Addition, with the one closest to Flores Addition listed first.
    • Falcon Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
      • Falcon Heights is located in Starr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Heights <2>
    • Falcon Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
      • Falcon Village is located in Starr County
    • Salineno
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Flores Addition ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flores Addition.

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 Flores Addition covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Zapata Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ranchito Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ranchito Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ranchito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Uribeno Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Ramireno Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Ramireno Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Old Raotireno Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Raotireno Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Cementerio del Pueblo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio del Pueblo Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Gracia Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gracia Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gracia Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the southwest of Zapata.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518825 <3>
  • Cementerio Blas Maria Uribe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Camaron Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camaron Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camaron Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the southwest of Zapata.
    • The Camaron Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cameron Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2717 <3>
  • Buena Vista Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buena Vista Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buena Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Agua Dulce Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agua Dulce Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agua Dulce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Una de Gato Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Una de Gato Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Una de Gato Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chapeno Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapeno Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapeno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

  • San Ygnacio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>

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

Newspapers Published in Flores Addition ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flores Addition.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flores Addition, 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 Flores Addition.

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 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 Flores Addition:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flores Addition) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flores Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.9123, Longitude: -99.2614       In this case, the coordinates for Flores Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Flores Addition, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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