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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 Mayo (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 Mayo. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Mayo is located in Karnes 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 Karnes County: Atascosa, Bee, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales & Wilson.

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

  • Karnes County     (The home county of Mayo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Karnes City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Panna Maria
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Hobson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Falls City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenedy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Coy City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coy City is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy City
    • Pawelekville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Pawelekville is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawelekville
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Flaccus is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
    • Runge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ecleto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gillett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Fashing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fashing is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fashing
    • Peggy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbellton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Black Hill is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hill
    • McCoy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • McCoy is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
    • Coughran
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Coughran is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughran
    • Verdi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
  • Bee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Pawnee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Tulsita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
    • Pettus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Mineral
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Tuleta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Normanna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Nordheim
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Yorktown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Angel City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
    • Weesatche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Gonzales County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Nixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <1>
    • Smiley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Ray Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
    • Whitsett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayo, with the one closest to Mayo listed first.
    • Kosciusko
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Kosciusko is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosciusko
    • Poth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Poth is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <1>
    • Plummer Crossing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Plummer Crossing is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer Crossing
    • Three Oaks ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
    • Dewees
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dewees is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewees
    • Denhawken
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Denhawken is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhawken
    • Ridout ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridout is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridout
    • Sunnyside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Darilek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Darilek is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darilek
    • Floresville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Loma Vista ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Loma Vista is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Vista
    • Stockdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pandora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Mayo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mayo.

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

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

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

  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mueller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Bremen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Falls City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Escondido Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Helena Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kenedy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenedy Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kenedy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kenedy.
    • The Kenedy Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kenedy City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4608 <2>
  • Kennedy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Runge Latin American Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Choate Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fashing Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Karnes City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Panna Maria
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
  • Helena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Helena is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Cestohowa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cestohowa is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cestohowa
  • Runge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pettus
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Charco
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
  • Floresville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockdale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Mineral
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Yorktown
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Sutherland Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Union
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Fairview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Weesatche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Mayo ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mayo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mayo.

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 Mayo:

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