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 Pinto (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 Pinto. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pinto is located in Kinney 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 Kinney County: Edwards, Maverick, Uvalde & Val Verde.
Below are the counties that are near Pinto. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinto:
- Kinney County (The home county of Pinto)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinto, with the one closest to Pinto listed first.
- Standart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standart is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
- Brackettville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spofford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spofford is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Alamo Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo Village is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Village
- Maverick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinto, with the one closest to Pinto listed first.
- Quemado
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Radar Base
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Radar Base is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radar Base
- Val Verde County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinto, with the one closest to Pinto listed first.
- Johnstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
- Val Verde Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verde Park is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Park
- Val Verde Park has also been known as:
- Val Verde Park Colonia
- Del Rio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cienegas Terrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cienegas Terrace is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienegas Terrace
- Cienegas Terrace has also been known as:
- Cienegas Terrace Colonia
- Lake View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Amistad Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amistad Village is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amistad Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pinto, see our County-by-County Page for Pinto.
Cemeteries Near Pinto ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinto.
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 Pinto - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinto, with the one closest to Pinto listed first.
- Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Brackettville.
- The Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ft. Clark Springs Indian Scout Cemetery
- Seminole Negro Indian Scout Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6838 <3>
- Ballantyne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vincent Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vincent Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Spofford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7414 <3>
- Oaklawn Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- San Felipe Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Old San Felipe Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Masonic Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <3>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <3>
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <3>
- Westlawn Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <3>
- Valley Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
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 Pinto in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pinto.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinto, with the one closest to Pinto listed first.
- Standart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standart is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standart
- Amanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amanda is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
- Brackettville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Johnstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstone is located in Val Verde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstone
- Spofford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spofford is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Anacacho
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anacacho is located in Kinney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacacho
- Del Rio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Darling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darling is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling
- Paloma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Paloma is located in Maverick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paloma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pinto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinto.
Newspapers Published in Pinto ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinto.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinto, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pinto.
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 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 Pinto:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Kinney County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Maverick County
- Val Verde 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Pinto) 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 Pinto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |