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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 Loma Alta (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 Loma Alta. 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 hospitals and 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.

Loma Alta is located in McMullen 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 McMullen County: Atascosa, Duval, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak & Webb.

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

  • McMullen County     (The home county of Loma Alta)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loma Alta, with the one closest to Loma Alta listed first.
    • Tilden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Calliham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loma Alta, with the one closest to Loma Alta listed first.
    • Freer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • San Diego
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Diego have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
      • San Diego is located in Duval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,188 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <1>
  • Jim Wells County
    • Owl Ranch - Amargosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
      • Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
  • La Salle County
    • Fowlerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <1>
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loma Alta, with the one closest to Loma Alta listed first.
    • George West
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for George West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George West
      • George West is located in Live Oak County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,598 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for George West <1>
    • Ike
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ike have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
      • Ike is located in Live Oak County

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

Newspapers Published in Loma Alta ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loma Alta.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loma Alta, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loma Alta.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Loma Alta:

Cemeteries Near Loma Alta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loma Alta.

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 Loma Alta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Campos Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clegg Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clegg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clegg Cemetery
  • Hahl Memorial Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Perez Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perez Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5951 <4>
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3745 <4>
  • Ruiz Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ruiz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruiz Cemetery
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Jose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jose Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6702 <4>
  • Reyes Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reyes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reyes Cemetery
  • Rangel Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rangel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rangel Cemetery
  • Alaniz Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alaniz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alaniz Cemetery
  • Pena Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pena Cemetery
  • Buena Vista Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Latham Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Latham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Latham Cemetery
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
    • Cantu Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cantu Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cantu 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.<5>

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

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loma Alta. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loma Alta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loma Alta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1208, Longitude: -98.5150       In this case, the coordinates for Loma Alta 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>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 Loma Alta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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