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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 O'Donnell Place (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 O'Donnell Place. 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.

Name Variations for O'Donnell Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for O'Donnell Place: O'Donnell Pl. (or less commonly used: O'Donnell Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

O'Donnell Place is located in Goliad 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 Goliad County: Bee, DeWitt, Karnes, Refugio & Victoria.

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

  • Goliad County     (The home county of O'Donnell Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • Goliad
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Berclair
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Fannin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cologne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Kilgore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Angel City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
    • Ander
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
    • Weesatche
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Weser
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
  • Aransas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • Copano Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Copano Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
    • Spanish Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
  • Bee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • Blanconia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
    • Skidmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Blue Berry Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
    • Normanna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Tuleta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Pettus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • Refugio
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Woodsboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bayside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Black Point ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Black Point is located in Refugio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
    • Tivoli
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Austwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • San Patricio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Rancho Chico
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
    • Sinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <1>
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.
    • McFaddin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Oak Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Coletoville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Aloe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Bloomington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes

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

Cemeteries Near O'Donnell Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of O'Donnell Place.

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 O'Donnell Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.

  • McGuill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Blanconia Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Blanconia Methodist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sarco Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Heard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Refugio.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5697 <2>
  • Mucorrera Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lott Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Flores Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • St. Bernard Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sample Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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 O'Donnell Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of O'Donnell Place.

These communities are listed based on their distance from O'Donnell Place, with the one closest to O'Donnell Place listed first.

  • Blanconia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blanconia is located in Bee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
    • Former names for Blanconia:
    • Dark Corners
    • Pull Tight
  • Refugio
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Berclair
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fannin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Skidmore
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Papalote
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Papalote is located in Bee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
  • Beeville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Charco
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
  • Aloe
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
  • Weesatche
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lamar
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamar is located in Aransas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
  • Weser
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser

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

Newspapers Published in O'Donnell Place ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around O'Donnell Place.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 O'Donnell Place:

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 O'Donnell Place, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- O'Donnell Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.