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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Kilgore during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Kilgore was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Kilgore (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 Kilgore. 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.

Kilgore is located in Goliad 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 Goliad County: Bee, DeWitt, Karnes, Refugio & Victoria.

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

  • Goliad County     (The home county of Kilgore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
    • Ander
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
    • Fannin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Weser
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Cologne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Goliad
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goliad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goliad
      • Goliad is located in Goliad County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goliad <2>
    • Weesatche
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Angel City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angel City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
    • Berclair
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berclair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
      • Berclair is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berclair <2>
  • Bee County
    • Blanconia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
    • Meyersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
      • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <2>
    • Thomaston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Yorktown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordheim
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordheim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordheim
      • Nordheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordheim <2>
    • Cuero
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Edgar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Edgar is located in DeWitt County
  • Karnes County
    • Runge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runge
      • Runge is located in Karnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Runge <2>
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
    • Coletoville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
    • Oak Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
    • Nursery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Victoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
    • McFaddin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <2>
    • Dacosta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
    • Telferner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Placedo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placedo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placedo
      • Placedo is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placedo <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Kilgore ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kilgore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kilgore, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kilgore.

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 Kilgore:

Cemeteries Near Kilgore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kilgore.

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

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

  • Killebrew Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Killebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killebrew Cemetery
  • Danforth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danforth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danforth Cemetery
  • Fannin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fannin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fannin Cemetery
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3684 <5>
  • Sepenter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sepenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sepenter Cemetery
  • Noble Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noble Cemetery
  • St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Berger Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berger Cemetery
  • Mistletoe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mistletoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mistletoe Cemetery
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendale Cemetery
  • Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • San Antonio Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Antonio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Antonio Cemetery
    • Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn 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.<6>

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

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

  • Fannin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Weser
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
  • Mission Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
    • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
  • Meyersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
    • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <2>
  • Weesatche
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Aloe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aloe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
  • Arneckeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arneckeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
    • Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
  • Nursery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomaston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Victoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Yorktown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Charco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Guadalupe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guadalupe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
      • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
    • Cuero
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Berclair
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berclair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
      • Berclair is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berclair <2>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Kilgore and then turned west". While Kilgore could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Kilgore as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Kilgore could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two Texas communities named Kilgore: This one is located in Goliad County and the other is located in Gregg County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kilgore.
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kilgore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kilgore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7697, Longitude: -97.2971    
<5>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.
<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 Kilgore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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