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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of McCoy during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how McCoy 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 McCoy (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 McCoy. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

  • Atascosa County     (The home county of McCoy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Coughran
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coughran have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughran
      • Coughran is located in Atascosa County
    • Campbellton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbellton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellton
      • Campbellton is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbellton <3>
    • Black Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hill
      • Black Hill is located in Atascosa County
    • Christine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasanton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jourdanton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fashing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fashing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fashing
      • Fashing is located in Atascosa County
    • Verdi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
      • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
    • Peggy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peggy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peggy
      • Peggy is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peggy <3>
    • La Parita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Parita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Parita
      • La Parita is located in Atascosa County
    • Leming
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leming have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leming
      • Leming is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leming <3>
    • Dobrowolski
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dobrowolski have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski
      • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
  • Bee County
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Sandy Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
      • Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
    • Elmendorf
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Coy City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coy City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy City
      • Coy City is located in Karnes County
    • Falls City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hobson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
      • Hobson is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobson <3>
    • Karnes City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karnes City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnes City
      • Karnes City is located in Karnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Karnes City <3>
    • Panna Maria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
    • Pawelekville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawelekville
      • Pawelekville is located in Karnes County
    • Kenedy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Whitsett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitsett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitsett
      • Whitsett is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitsett <3>
    • Ray Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
    • Three Rivers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
      • Three Rivers is located in Live Oak County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Three Rivers <3>
  • McMullen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Calliham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Tilden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCoy, with the one closest to McCoy listed first.
    • Loma Vista ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Vista
      • Loma Vista is located in Wilson County
    • Three Oaks ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
      • Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
    • Darilek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darilek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darilek
      • Darilek is located in Wilson County
    • Dewees
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewees
      • Dewees is located in Wilson County
    • Fairview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Wilson County
    • Loire
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loire
      • Loire is located in Wilson County
    • Ridout ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridout have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridout
      • Ridout is located in Wilson County
    • Poth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
      • Poth is located in Wilson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <3>
    • Floresville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Canada Verde
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Verde
      • Canada Verde is located in Wilson County
    • Graytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
      • Graytown is located in Wilson County
    • Calaveras
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calaveras
      • Calaveras is located in Wilson County

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

Newspapers Published in McCoy ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCoy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCoy, 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 McCoy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 McCoy:

Cemeteries Near McCoy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCoy.

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

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

  • Leal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leal Cemetery
  • Campbellton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brister Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bautista Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
  • Sotelo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sotelo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sotelo Cemetery
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
  • San Ysidro Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Ysidro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Ysidro Cemetery
  • Jourdanton City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cementerio Catolico San Jose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Rodriguez Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodriguez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodriguez Cemetery
  • Brite Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (71 more) ...
    • Fashing Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Tumlinson Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Pleasanton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Verdi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
    • Verdi is located in Atascosa County
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Fairview is located in Wilson County
  • Poteet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Amphion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amphion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
    • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
  • Floresville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Calaveras
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calaveras
    • Calaveras is located in Wilson County
  • Rossville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
  • Anchorage
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anchorage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
    • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
  • Karnes City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karnes City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnes City
    • Karnes City is located in Karnes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Karnes City <3>
  • Cestohowa
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cestohowa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cestohowa
    • Cestohowa is located in Karnes County
  • Elmendorf
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Panna Maria
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
  • Earle
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Earle is located in Bexar County

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

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 north past McCoy and then turned west". While McCoy could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added McCoy 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek 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 McCoy 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.

Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are 4 Texas communities also named McCoy. While this community is located in Atascosa County, the others are located in the following counties: Floyd, Kaufman, Panola and Red River. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McCoy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- McCoy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCoy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8605, Longitude: -98.3478       In this case, the coordinates for McCoy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 McCoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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