Our Genealogy Helper
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 Larga Vista (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 Larga Vista. 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 Larga Vista ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
Larga Vista has also been known as: Larga Vista Colonia.
- A typical abbreviation for Larga Vista: Larga Vis.
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 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.
Larga Vista is located in Webb 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 Webb County: Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick & Zapata.
Below are the counties that are near Larga Vista. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Larga Vista:
- Webb County (The home county of Larga Vista)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larga Vista, with the one closest to Larga Vista listed first.
- Laredo Ranchettes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laredo Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
- Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
- Laredo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Laredo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
- La Presa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Rio Bravo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo
- Rio Bravo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,608 people
- Rio Bravo has also been known as:
- Rio Bravo Colonia
- Pescadito ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - El Cenizo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Regency Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Village
- Regency Village is located in Webb County
- Regency Village has also been known as:
- Regency Village Colonia
- Ranchos Penitas West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchos Penitas West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos Penitas West
- Ranchos Penitas West is located in Webb County
- Ranchos Penitas West has also been known as:
- Ranchos Penitas West Colonia
- Botines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Ranchitos Las Lomas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchitos Las Lomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchitos Las Lomas
- Ranchitos Las Lomas is located in Webb County
- Islitas ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Santo Tomas ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santo Tomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Tomas
- Santo Tomas is located in Webb County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Larga Vista, see our County-by-County Page for Larga Vista.
Newspapers Published in Larga Vista ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Larga Vista.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Larga Vista, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Larga Vista.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Larga Vista:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/
- Pages specific to Webb County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Webb County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Webb County
Cemeteries Near Larga Vista ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Larga Vista.
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 Larga Vista covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Larga Vista, with the one closest to Larga Vista listed first.
- City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laredo City Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186555 <4>
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966533 <4>
- Dolores Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dolores Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518185 <4>
- Tordillo Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tordillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tordillo Cemetery
- Dolores Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- The Dolores Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dolores Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3263 <4>
- Darwin Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
- Cactus Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cactus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cactus 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 Larga Vista in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Larga Vista.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Larga Vista, with the one closest to Larga Vista listed first.
- Laredo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Laredo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
- Pescadito ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Webb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Aguilares
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Cactus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Larga Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Larga Vista.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Larga Vista. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Larga Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Larga Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4989, Longitude: -99.4300 In this case, the coordinates for Larga Vista 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Larga Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |