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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 Miguel Garza Colonia (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 Miguel Garza Colonia. 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 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.

Miguel Garza Colonia is located in Starr 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 Starr County: Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg & Zapata.

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

  • Starr County     (The home county of Miguel Garza Colonia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miguel Garza Colonia, with the one closest to Miguel Garza Colonia listed first.
    • Falcon Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
      • Falcon Village is located in Starr County
    • Falcon Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
      • Falcon Heights is located in Starr County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Heights <2>
    • Salineno
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fronton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fronton
      • Fronton is located in Starr County
    • Roma Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roma Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma Creek
      • Roma Creek is located in Starr County
    • Roma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
      • Roma is located in Starr County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,476 people
      • Roma has also been known as:
      • Roma - Los Saenz
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roma <2>
    • North Escobares
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Escobares have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escobares
      • North Escobares is located in Starr County
    • Escobares
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escobares
      • Escobares is located in Starr County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 2,451 people
    • Garceno
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garceno
      • Garceno is located in Starr County
    • La Rosita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Rosita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosita
      • La Rosita is located in Starr County
    • Miguel Barrera
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miguel Barrera
      • Miguel Barrera is located in Starr County
      • Miguel Barrera has also been known as:
      • Miguel Barrera Colonia
    • Los Alvarez
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Alvarez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alvarez
      • Los Alvarez is located in Starr County
    • Los Villareales
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Villareales have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Villareales
      • Los Villareales is located in Starr County
  • Jim Hogg County
  • Zapata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miguel Garza Colonia, with the one closest to Miguel Garza Colonia listed first.
    • New Falcon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
      • New Falcon is located in Zapata County
      • New Falcon has also been known as:
      • New Falcon Colonia
    • Lopeno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Morales - Sanchez
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
      • Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
      • Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
      • Morales - Sanchez Colonia
    • Siesta Shores
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
      • Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
    • Falcon Lake Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Lake Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake Estates
      • Falcon Lake Estates is located in Zapata County
    • Falcon Mesa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
      • Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
    • Zapata
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Medina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
      • Medina is located in Zapata County

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

Cemeteries Near Miguel Garza Colonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miguel Garza Colonia.

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 Miguel Garza Colonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Chapeno Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapeno Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapeno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Los Arrierous Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Arrierous Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Arrierous Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Agua Dulce Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agua Dulce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agua Dulce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elizondo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elizondo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elizondo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Buena Vista Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buena Vista Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buena Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Una de Gato Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Una de Gato Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Una de Gato Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Los Garzas Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Garzas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Garzas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Zapata Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Olmos Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olmos Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olmos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Ranchito Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ranchito Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ranchito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Uribeno Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 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.<5>

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

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

  • Roma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
    • Roma is located in Starr County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,476 people
    • Roma has also been known as:
    • Roma - Los Saenz
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roma <2>
  • Rio Grande City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Miguel Garza Colonia ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miguel Garza Colonia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miguel Garza Colonia, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miguel Garza Colonia.

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 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 Miguel Garza Colonia:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Miguel Garza Colonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Miguel Garza Colonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Miguel Garza Colonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.5542, Longitude: -99.1334       In this case, the coordinates for Miguel Garza Colonia 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 Miguel Garza Colonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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