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 Mendiates (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 Mendiates. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mendiates is located in Duval 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 Duval County: Brooks, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen & Webb.
Below are the counties that are near Mendiates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mendiates:
- Duval County (The home county of Mendiates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- San Diego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Freer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Benavides
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- Owl Ranch - Amargosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
- Loma Linda East
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda East is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda East
- Loma Linda East has also been known as:
- Loma Linda East Colonia
- Westdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Alfred - South La Paloma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- K-Bar Ranch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
- Orange Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coyote Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
- Coyote Acres has also been known as:
- Coyote Acres Colonia
- Alice Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
- Alice Acres has also been known as:
- Alice Acres Colonia
- Alice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Alegre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
- Casa Blanca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Pernitas Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
- Sandia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Live Oak County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- Dinero
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mikeska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mikeska is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikeska
- George West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ike is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- Agua Dulce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rancho Banquete
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Banquete is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Banquete
- Bluntzer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- Banquete
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Patricio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Edgewater - Paisano
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
- Lakeside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Paisano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paisano is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
- Paisano has also been known as:
- Paisano Park Colonia
- Paisano Park
- Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mathis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- San Patricio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- Vahlsing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vahlsing is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vahlsing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mendiates, see our County-by-County Page for Mendiates.
Cemeteries Near Mendiates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mendiates.
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 Mendiates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mendiates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- Garcia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- San Jose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Perez Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Villareal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clegg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amargosa Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dilworth Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Latham Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham Cemetery
- The Latham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Anna Rose Cemetery
- Ramirena Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283073 <2>
- Reyes Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rangel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sepulveda Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (51 more) ...
- Campos Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alaniz Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Mendiates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mendiates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mendiates, with the one closest to Mendiates listed first.
- San Diego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lagarto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lagarto is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagarto
- Agua Dulce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mathis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Benavides
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- San Patricio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mendiates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mendiates.
Newspapers Published in Mendiates ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mendiates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mendiates, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mendiates.
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 Mendiates:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Duval County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jim Wells County
- Live Oak County
- Nueces 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> | 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 Mendiates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mendiates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |