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 Petronila (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 Petronila. 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 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 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.
Petronila 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 Petronila. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Petronila:
- Nueces County (The home county of Petronila)
- The following are listed by their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Tierra Grande
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
- La Paloma - Lost Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Driscoll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden - Terra Verde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North San Pedro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calallen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Viola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Banquete
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corpus Christi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Water City Estates
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Alfred - South La Paloma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ben Bolt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- K-Bar Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
- Sandia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rancho Alegre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
- Westdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Alice Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- Coyote Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Kleberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Kingsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vattmannville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vattmannville is located in Kleberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattmannville
- Riviera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Patricio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Odem
(19 miles [30.6 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>
- Edroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- San Patricio
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Doyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Portland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Chico
- Taft Southwest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
- Taft
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Petronila, see our County-by-County Page for Petronila.
Cemeteries Near Petronila ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petronila.
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 Petronila - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Petronila covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Flinn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- St. James Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robstown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chapman Ranch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Chapman Ranch Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Ranch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chapman Ranch Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south of Corpus Christi.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2878 <3>
- Restland Memory Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Memory Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Memory Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bishop.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969801 <3>
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Banquete Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Cross Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seaside Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Old Bayview Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Petronila in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Petronila.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Petronila, with the one closest to Petronila listed first.
- Driscoll
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Viola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Banquete
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corpus Christi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nueces
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Agua Dulce
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- San Patricio
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Portland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Petronila. See our List of 1890's Communities around Petronila.
Newspapers Published in Petronila ...
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 Petronila.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petronila, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Petronila.
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 helpful 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 Petronila:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nueces County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jim Wells County
- Kleberg 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Petronila) 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 Petronila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |