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 Las Pampas (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 Pampas. 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 Las Pampas ...
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.
Las Pampas has also been known as: Las Pampas Colonia.
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.
Las Pampas is located in Presidio 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 Presidio County: Brewster & Jeff Davis.
Below are the counties that are near Las Pampas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Las Pampas:
- Presidio County (The home county of Las Pampas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Las Pampas, with the one closest to Las Pampas listed first.
- Presidio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidio
- Presidio is located in Presidio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presidio <1>
- Ochoa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Shafter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Shafter is located in Presidio County
- Indio ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Adobes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Chinati ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Casa Piedra ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Piedra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Piedra
- Casa Piedra is located in Presidio County
- Redford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Redford is located in Presidio County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redford <1>
- Plata ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Ruidosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruidosa
- Ruidosa is located in Presidio County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruidosa <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Las Pampas, see our County-by-County Page for Las Pampas.
Newspapers Published in Las Pampas ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Las Pampas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Las Pampas, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Las Pampas.
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 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 Las Pampas:
- 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 Presidio County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Presidio County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Texas
Cemeteries Near Las Pampas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Las Pampas.
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 Las Pampas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Las Pampas, with the one closest to Las Pampas listed first.
- Desert Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- The Desert Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presidio Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert Hills Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6172 <4>
- Haciendita Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haciendita Cemetery
- Campo Santo Rodriguez Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo Rodriguez Cemetery
- Campo Santo Hernandez Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo Hernandez Cemetery
- Ochoa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ochoa Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ochoa Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of Presidio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ochoa Cemetery
- Spencer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spencer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7028 <4>
- Casa Blanca Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Casa Blanca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Casa Blanca Cemetery
- Indio Ranch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Indio Ranch Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Presidio.
- The Indio Ranch Cemetery has also been known as:
- El Indio Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indio Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634511 <4>
- Adobes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adobes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adobes Cemetery
- Adobe Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adobe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adobe Cemetery
- Chinati Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinati Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinati Cemetery
- Redford Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redford Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Redford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6283 <4>
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 Las Pampas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Las Pampas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Las Pampas, with the one closest to Las Pampas listed first.
- Presidio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidio
- Presidio is located in Presidio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presidio <1>
- Ochoa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Shafter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Shafter is located in Presidio County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Las Pampas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Las Pampas.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Las Pampas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 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> | 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 Pampas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Las Pampas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6821, Longitude: -104.3616 In this case, the coordinates for Las Pampas 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 Las Pampas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |