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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 Payment 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 Payment 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Payment Colonia is located in Val Verde 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 Val Verde County: Crockett, Edwards, Kinney, Sutton & Terrell.

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

  • Val Verde County     (The home county of Payment Colonia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Payment Colonia, with the one closest to Payment Colonia listed first.
    • Cienegas Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cienegas Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienegas Terrace
      • Cienegas Terrace is located in Val Verde County
      • Cienegas Terrace has also been known as:
      • Cienegas Terrace Colonia
    • Del Rio
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Val Verde Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Val Verde Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Park
      • Val Verde Park is located in Val Verde County
      • Val Verde Park has also been known as:
      • Val Verde Park Colonia
    • Lake View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
      • Lake View is located in Val Verde County
    • Amistad Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Village
      • Amistad Village is located in Val Verde County
    • Johnstone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
      • Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
    • Amistad Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Acres
      • Amistad Acres is located in Val Verde County
      • Amistad Acres has also been known as:
      • Amistad
    • Box Canyon - Amistad
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Canyon - Amistad
      • Box Canyon - Amistad is located in Val Verde County
    • Comstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinney County
    • Standart
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Standart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
      • Standart is located in Kinney County

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

Cemeteries Near Payment Colonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Payment 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 Payment Colonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Del Rio.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Jose Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484548 <4>
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Del Rio.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #268157 <4>
  • Westlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westlawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Del Rio.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7567 <4>
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Del Rio.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960114 <4>
  • Old San Felipe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old San Felipe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Felipe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Felipe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Felipe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Del Rio
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Johnstone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
    • Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
  • Amanda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amanda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
    • Amanda is located in Kinney County
  • Standart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Standart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
    • Standart is located in Kinney County
  • Comstock
    (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 Payment Colonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Payment Colonia.

Newspapers Published in Payment 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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Payment Colonia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Payment Colonia, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Payment Colonia.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Payment Colonia:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Payment 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Payment Colonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Payment Colonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Payment Colonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3641, Longitude: -100.9315       In this case, the coordinates for Payment Colonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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