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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 Placedo (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 Placedo. 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 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.

Placedo is located in Victoria 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 Victoria County: Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca & Refugio.

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

  • Victoria County     (The home county of Placedo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placedo, with the one closest to Placedo listed first.
    • Dacosta
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
    • Bloomington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Telferner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Victoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Inez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • McFaddin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aloe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Coletoville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Oak Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Nursery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Aransas County
    • Spanish Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placedo, with the one closest to Placedo listed first.
    • Kamey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
    • Heyser
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Heyser is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
    • Port Lavaca
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Mott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Point Comfort
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Seadrift
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Indianola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
    • Port Alto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Port Alto is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Alto
    • Port O'Connor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • DeWitt County
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placedo, with the one closest to Placedo listed first.
    • Cologne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Fannin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kilgore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placedo, with the one closest to Placedo listed first.
    • La Salle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vanderbilt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lolita
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Matilda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Matilda is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
    • Weedhaven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Weedhaven is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedhaven
    • Edna
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Edna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
    • La Ward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Morales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Morales is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
    • Ganado
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placedo, with the one closest to Placedo listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Austwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Placedo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Placedo.

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 Placedo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Shillerville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Six Mile Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch Cemetery
    • The Hatch Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Aqua Dulce Cemetery
    • Chocolate Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278995 <2>
  • Pleasant Green Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jewett Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Joshua Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Rydolph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • Little Mary's Grave
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Lavaca Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ranger Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Placedo had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Guadalupe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Victoria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Lavaca
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Mott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Inez
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Aloe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
  • El Toro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • El Toro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Toro
  • Seadrift
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Edna
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edna is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Nursery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fannin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Navidad
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Navidad is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
    • Mission Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
    • Thomaston
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Placedo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Placedo.

Newspapers Published in Placedo ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Placedo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Placedo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Placedo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Placedo:

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>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- Placedo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Placedo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.