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 McNorton (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 McNorton. 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 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.
McNorton is located in Nueces 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 Nueces County: Aransas, Jim Wells, Kleberg & San Patricio.
Below are the counties that are near McNorton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McNorton:
- Nueces County (The home county of McNorton)
- The following are listed by their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Viola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Calallen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corpus Christi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tierra Grande
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
- North San Pedro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
- Robstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petronila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petronila is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Spring Garden - Terra Verde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- La Paloma - Lost Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Banquete
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chapman Ranch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bluntzer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- Aransas County
- Aransas Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bee County
- Tynan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Casa Blanca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Sandia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Water City Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Water City Estates is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water City Estates
- Water City Estates has also been known as:
- Water City Estates Colonia
- K-Bar Ranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
- Orange Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alfred - South La Paloma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pernitas Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
- Westdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Kleberg County
- Kingsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Refugio County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Black Point ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Bayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Patricio County
- The following are listed by their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Odem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Odem is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,380 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odem <1>
- Doyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Taft Southwest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
- Edroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Morgan Farm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
- Morgan Farm has also been known as:
- Morgan Farm Colonia
- Rancho Chico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Taft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taft is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <1>
- Sinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gregory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Patricio
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McNorton, see our County-by-County Page for McNorton.
Cemeteries Near McNorton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McNorton.
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 McNorton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McNorton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memory Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Corpus Christi.
- The Memory Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emory Gardens of Corpus Christi
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5199 <3>
- Rosita Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holly Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bayview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bayview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Robstown.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Robstown Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6410 <3>
- Robstown Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (43 more) ...
- Old Bayview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Odem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3488 <3>
- Seaside Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Seaside Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Corpus Christi.
- The Seaside Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Aberdeen Cemetery
- Seaside Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6828 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find McNorton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McNorton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McNorton, with the one closest to McNorton listed first.
- Viola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Nueces
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Corpus Christi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Banquete
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Driscoll
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Patricio
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- Agua Dulce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Papalote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Aransas Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mathis
(26 miles [41.8 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 McNorton. See our List of 1890's Communities around McNorton.
Newspapers Published in McNorton ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around McNorton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McNorton, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McNorton.
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 McNorton:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nueces County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aransas County
- Bee County
- Jim Wells County
- Kleberg County
- Refugio County
- San Patricio County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- McNorton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 McNorton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |