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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Harbor City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Harbor City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harbor City, please Contact Us.

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 Harbor City (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 Harbor City. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Harbor City is historic, it would have been located within present day San Patricio 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 San Patricio County: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces & Refugio.

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

  • San Patricio County     (The home county of Harbor City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor City, with the one closest to Harbor City listed first.
    • Ingleside-On-the-Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Ingleside-On-the-Bay is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside-On-the-Bay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • Ingleside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Portland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Portland is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <2>
    • Gregory
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <2>
    • Doyle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Doyle is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
    • Tradewinds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
    • Taft Southwest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
    • Taft
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Taft is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <2>
    • Del Sol - Loma Linda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
    • Rancho Chico
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
    • Sinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <2>
    • Morgan Farm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
      • Morgan Farm has also been known as:
      • Morgan Farm Colonia
  • Aransas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor City, with the one closest to Harbor City listed first.
    • Aransas Pass
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fulton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Copano Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Copano Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
  • Nueces County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor City, with the one closest to Harbor City listed first.
    • Port Aransas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Corpus Christi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Viola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Viola is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
    • Chapman Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tierra Grande
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
    • Calallen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Petronila
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Petronila is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Robstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • North San Pedro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor City, with the one closest to Harbor City listed first.
    • Bayside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Black Point ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Black Point is located in Refugio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
    • Woodsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Harbor City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harbor City.

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 Harbor City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • San Ignacio Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Royal Palm Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • San Antonio Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregory Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Aransas Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Seaside Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Seaside Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Corpus Christi.
    • The Seaside Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Aberdeen Cemetery
    • Seaside Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6828 <3>
  • Palms Memorial Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Palms Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the northwest of Portland.
    • The Palms Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • San Patricio Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6716 <3>
  • Old Bayview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Holly Cross Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rose Hill Memorial Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bellevue Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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.

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

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

  • Aransas Pass
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Portland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Portland is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <2>
  • Gregory
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <2>
  • Corpus Christi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Nueces
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Nueces is located in Nueces County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
  • Rockport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fulton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Viola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Viola is located in Nueces County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Lamar
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lamar is located in Aransas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
  • Sinton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Harbor City ...

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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harbor City.

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

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 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 Harbor City:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Harbor City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harbor City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.