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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 Hartland (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 Hartland. 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 hospitals and 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.

Hartland is located in Brooks 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 Brooks County: Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg & Starr.

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

  • Brooks County     (The home county of Hartland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
    • Encino
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cantu Addition
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantu Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
      • Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
    • Airport Road Addition
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Road Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Road Addition
      • Airport Road Addition is located in Brooks County
    • Falfurrias
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falfurrias have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfurrias
      • Falfurrias is located in Brooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,717 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falfurrias <1>
    • Flowella
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
      • Flowella is located in Brooks County
  • Hidalgo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
    • San Manuel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Manuel
      • San Manuel is located in Hidalgo County
    • Linn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Laguna Seca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna Seca
      • Laguna Seca is located in Hidalgo County
    • Hargill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargill
      • Hargill is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hargill <1>
    • McCook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Faysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faysville
      • Faysville is located in Hidalgo County
  • Kenedy County
    • Armstrong
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armstrong have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Kenedy County
  • Starr County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
    • Delmita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Arkansas City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arkansas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
      • Arkansas City is located in Starr County
    • San Isidro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Isidro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Isidro
      • San Isidro is located in Starr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Isidro <1>
    • Santa Elena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Elena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Elena
      • Santa Elena is located in Starr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Elena <1>
  • Willacy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hartland, with the one closest to Hartland listed first.
    • Lasara
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lasara have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasara
      • Lasara is located in Willacy County
      • Lasara has also been known as:
      • La Sara
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lasara <1>
    • Ranchette Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchette Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchette Estates
      • Ranchette Estates is located in Willacy County
      • Ranchette Estates has also been known as:
      • Ranchette Estates Colonia

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

Newspapers Published in Hartland ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hartland, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hartland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hartland:

Cemeteries Near Hartland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartland.

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

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

  • Longoria Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longoria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longoria Cemetery
  • Vallerreno Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vallerreno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vallerreno Cemetery
  • Garcia Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • La Mesa Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Mesa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Mesa Cemetery
  • El Lucero Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Lucero Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Lucero Cemetery
  • Perez Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perez Cemetery
  • Rancho Nuevo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rancho Nuevo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rancho Nuevo Cemetery
  • Santa Rita Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rita Cemetery
  • Santa Monica Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Monica Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Monica Cemetery
  • Santa Anita Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Santa Cruz Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Cruz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Cruz Cemetery
  • Olivares Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivares Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivares Cemetery
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Soledad Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soledad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soledad Cemetery
    • Santa Guadalupe Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Guadalupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Guadalupe Cemetery
    • El Rucio Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Rucio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Rucio Cemetery

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

  • Los Angeles
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Angeles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
    • Los Angeles is located in Hidalgo County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hartland. 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>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- Hartland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hartland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.8248, Longitude: -98.1475       In this case, the coordinates for Hartland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Hartland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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