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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of La Parita during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how La Parita 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 La Parita (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 La Parita. 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.

La Parita is located in Atascosa 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 Atascosa County: Bexar, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Medina & Wilson.

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

  • Atascosa County     (The home county of La Parita)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Dobrowolski
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dobrowolski have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski
      • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
    • Jourdanton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Charlotte
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Christine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Amphion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amphion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
      • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
    • Pleasanton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Davis is located in Atascosa County
    • Crown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
      • Crown is located in Atascosa County
    • Coughran
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coughran have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughran
      • Coughran is located in Atascosa County
    • Poteet
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • McCoy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCoy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
      • McCoy is located in Atascosa County
    • Hindes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hindes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindes
      • Hindes is located in Atascosa County
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Sandy Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
      • Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
    • Bexar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Somerset
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Atascosa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atascosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atascosa
      • Atascosa is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atascosa <3>
    • Von Ormy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Von Ormy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Von Ormy
      • Von Ormy is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Von Ormy <3>
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Bigfoot
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Pearsall
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Pearsall
      (30 miles [48.3 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 <3>
  • La Salle County
    • Fowlerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <3>
  • Live Oak County
    • Whitsett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitsett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
      • Whitsett is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitsett <3>
  • McMullen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Zella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Tilden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Calliham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Devine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <3>
    • Natalia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <3>
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Parita, with the one closest to La Parita listed first.
    • Loire
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loire
      • Loire is located in Wilson County
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Wilson County
    • Loma Vista ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Vista
      • Loma Vista is located in Wilson County
    • Darilek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darilek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darilek
      • Darilek is located in Wilson County
    • Three Oaks ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
      • Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
    • Dewees
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewees
      • Dewees is located in Wilson County
    • Canada Verde
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Verde
      • Canada Verde is located in Wilson County
    • Graytown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
      • Graytown is located in Wilson County

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

Newspapers Published in La Parita ...

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 La Parita.

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

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 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 La Parita:

Cemeteries Near La Parita ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Parita.

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

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

  • Cementerio Catolico San Jose
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jourdanton City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cross Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Community Cemetery of Charlotte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Community Cemetery of Charlotte
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1452055 <5>
  • Bautista Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Salazar Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salazar Cemetery
  • Mendiola Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mendiola Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mendiola Cemetery
  • St. Williams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • San Ysidro Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Ysidro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Ysidro Cemetery
  • Hilburn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hilburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilburn Cemetery
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Rodriguez Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodriguez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodriguez Cemetery
    • Alvarado Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alvarado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alvarado Cemetery
    • St. Andrews Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews 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 La Parita in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of La Parita.

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

  • Amphion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amphion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
    • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
  • Pleasanton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Poteet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Anchorage
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anchorage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
  • Rossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
  • Verdi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
    • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
  • Bigfoot
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Wilson County
  • Bexar
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Bexar is located in Bexar County
  • Tilden
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Devine
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Moore
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lytle
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Earle
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Earle is located in Bexar County

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

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 north past La Parita and then turned east". While La Parita could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added La Parita 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 La Parita 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.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Texas community named La Parita.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- La Parita) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Parita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8472, Longitude: -98.5934       In this case, the coordinates for La Parita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 La Parita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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