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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 Goldfinch (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 Goldfinch. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Goldfinch is located in Frio 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 Frio County: Atascosa, Dimmit, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde & Zavala.

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

  • Frio County     (The home county of Goldfinch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goldfinch, with the one closest to Goldfinch listed first.
    • Bigfoot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pearsall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
      • Pearsall is located in Frio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <1>
    • North Pearsall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
      • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • West Pearsall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
      • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • Moore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
      • Derby is located in Frio County
      • Derby has also been known as:
      • Derby Colonia
    • Hilltop
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Frio County
      • Hilltop has also been known as:
      • Hilltop Colonia
    • Dilley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
      • Dilley is located in Frio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <1>
    • Divot ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divot
      • Divot is located in Frio County
    • Frio Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frio Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
      • Frio Town is located in Frio County
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goldfinch, with the one closest to Goldfinch listed first.
    • Davis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Davis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Davis is located in Atascosa County
    • Crown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
      • Crown is located in Atascosa County
    • Charlotte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hindes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hindes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindes
      • Hindes is located in Atascosa County
    • Kyote
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
      • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
    • Dobrowolski
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dobrowolski. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski
      • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
    • Iuka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Iuka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
    • La Parita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Parita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Parita
      • La Parita is located in Atascosa County
    • Amphion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amphion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
      • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
    • Anchorage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchorage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
    • Rossville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rossville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
    • Jourdanton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goldfinch, with the one closest to Goldfinch listed first.
    • Bexar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Somerset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Atascosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goldfinch, with the one closest to Goldfinch listed first.
    • Fowlerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
      • Fowlerton is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowlerton <1>
    • Millett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
      • Millett is located in La Salle County
    • Los Angeles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • McMullen County
    • Zella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zella
      • Zella is located in McMullen County
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goldfinch, with the one closest to Goldfinch listed first.
    • Devine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
      • Devine is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <1>
    • Natalia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalia
      • Natalia is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natalia <1>
    • Yancey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yancey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
      • Yancey is located in Medina County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yancey <1>
    • Pearson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Pearson is located in Medina County

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

Cemeteries Near Goldfinch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goldfinch.

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

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

  • Luna Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Miguel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miguel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miguel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Buckhorn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckhorn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckhorn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Cemetery of Charlotte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Cemetery of Charlotte
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Community Cemetery of Charlotte is located outside and to the west of Charlotte.
    • The Community Cemetery of Charlotte has also been known as:
    • Mexican Cemetery of Charlotte
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1452055 <4>
  • Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pearsall Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Salazar Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salazar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salazar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mendiola Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mendiola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mendiola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Williams Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Longview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Derby Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Derby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Moore Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mendiola Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brummett Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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 Goldfinch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goldfinch.

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

  • Bigfoot
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pearsall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
    • Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <1>
  • Moore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Derby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Derby is located in Frio County
    • Derby has also been known as:
    • Derby Colonia
  • Amphion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amphion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
    • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
  • Anchorage
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchorage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
  • Rossville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rossville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
  • Devine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
    • Devine is located in Medina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <1>
  • Poteet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dilley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
    • Dilley is located in Frio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <1>
  • Pleasanton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Lytle
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Millett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
      • Millett is located in La Salle County
    • Bexar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Noonan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noonan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
      • Noonan is located in Medina County

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

Newspapers Published in Goldfinch ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goldfinch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goldfinch, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goldfinch.

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 Goldfinch:

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

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

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Goldfinch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goldfinch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8589, Longitude: -98.8734       In this case, the coordinates for Goldfinch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Goldfinch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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