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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 LaCoste (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 LaCoste. 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.

Name Variations for LaCoste ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

LaCoste has also been known as: La Coste.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named LaCoste. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for LaCoste.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

LaCoste is located in Medina 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 Medina County: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Uvalde & Zavala.

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

  • Medina County     (The home county of LaCoste)
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Castroville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Natalia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rio Medina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Devine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Quihi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
    • New Fountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
    • Mico
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hondo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Yancey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • D'Hanis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Lytle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
    • Anchorage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Rossville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Iuka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Kyote
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
    • Amphion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
    • Espey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Espey is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espey
    • Poteet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Crown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Crown is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
    • Leming
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dobrowolski
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski
    • Pleasanton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Verdi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Bandera Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Lakehills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Pipe Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Atascosa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Macdona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Von Ormy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bexar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Somerset
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lackland City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lackland City is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland City
    • Lackland Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westwood Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westwood Village is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Leon Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Helotes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Balcones Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • San Antonio
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Castle Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Bigfoot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Moore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from LaCoste, with the one closest to LaCoste listed first.
    • Loire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Loire is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loire
    • Graytown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Graytown is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown

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

Cemeteries Near LaCoste ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of LaCoste.

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 LaCoste - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lytle Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Black Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • San Isidro Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Tripp Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Arnold Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Louis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Panteon San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lessing Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Benton City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hermann Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Becker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (123 more) ...
    • Sociedad Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bexar Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Castroville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Noonan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Noonan is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
  • Lytle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
  • Atascosa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Macdona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bexar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
  • Von Ormy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Devine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Withers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Withers is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • New Fountain
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • New Fountain is located in Medina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain
  • Anchorage
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Rossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bigfoot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Earle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Earle is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • San Antonio
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of LaCoste ...

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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around LaCoste.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of LaCoste. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of LaCoste and those printed in the larger area surrounding LaCoste.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of LaCoste.

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 LaCoste:

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 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.
<3>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- LaCoste) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 LaCoste, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.