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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Las Gallinas during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Las Gallinas 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 Las Gallinas (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 Las Gallinas. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

  • Atascosa County     (The home county of Las Gallinas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Las Gallinas, with the one closest to Las Gallinas listed first.
    • Espey
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Espey is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espey
    • Leming
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Verdi
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
    • Poteet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasanton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Amphion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
    • Rossville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Coughran
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Coughran is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughran
    • Black Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Hill is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hill
    • Jourdanton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Anchorage
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Iuka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Las Gallinas, with the one closest to Las Gallinas listed first.
    • Sandy Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
    • Somerset
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elmendorf
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bexar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bexar is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
    • Von Ormy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Boldtville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Boldtville is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boldtville
    • Atascosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Macdona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • San Antonio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • China Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • China Grove is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,314 people
    • Sayers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sayers is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayers
    • Lackland City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lackland City is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland City
  • Frio County
    • Bigfoot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Karnes County
    • Falls City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Las Gallinas, with the one closest to Las Gallinas listed first.
    • Natalia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • LaCoste
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <2>
    • Pearson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Devine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Castroville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Las Gallinas, with the one closest to Las Gallinas listed first.
    • Loire
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Loire is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loire
    • Fairview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Fairview is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Graytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Graytown is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
    • Canada Verde
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Canada Verde is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Verde
    • Saspamco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Saspamco is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saspamco
    • Calaveras
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Calaveras is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calaveras
    • Loma Vista ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Loma Vista is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Vista
    • Darilek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Darilek is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darilek
    • Floresville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Dewees
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Dewees is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewees
    • Ridout ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Ridout is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridout
    • Kicaster
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kicaster is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicaster

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

Cemeteries Near Las Gallinas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Las Gallinas.

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 Las Gallinas - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Verdi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
  • Poteet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairview is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Earle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Earle is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
  • Pleasanton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Amphion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
  • Rossville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
  • Anchorage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Elmendorf
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bexar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bexar is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexar
  • Calaveras
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Calaveras is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calaveras
  • Bergs Mill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bergs Mill is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergs Mill
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Von Ormy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Withers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Withers is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
    • Atascosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Las Gallinas ...

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 216 newspapers that have been published in the area around Las Gallinas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Las Gallinas, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Las Gallinas.

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 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 Las Gallinas:

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 Las Gallinas and then turned east". While Las Gallinas could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Las Gallinas 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 Las Gallinas 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 Las Gallinas.
<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 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.
<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- Las Gallinas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Las Gallinas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.