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 Pleasant Valley Ranch (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 Pleasant Valley Ranch. 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 Pleasant Valley Ranch ...
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.
Pleasant Valley Ranch has also been known as: Pleasant Valley Ranch Colonia.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Pleasant Valley Ranch is located in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County: Brooks, Cameron, Kenedy, Starr & Willacy.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Valley Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch:
- Hidalgo County (The home county of Pleasant Valley Ranch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch listed first.
- Palmview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Palmview is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,839 people
- Chihuahua
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chihuahua is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Chihuahua has also been known as:
- Chihuahua Colonia
- La Homa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- La Homa is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Homa
- Doffing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doffing is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doffing
- Abram
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Abram is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abram
- Palmview South
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palmview South is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmview South
- Penitas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- La Joya
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mission
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Sharyland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Sharyland is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sharyland
- Citrus City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Citrus City is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus City
- Aloha Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aloha Village is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha Village
- Aloha Village has also been known as:
- Aloha Village Colonia
- Alton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Starr County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch listed first.
- La Victoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- La Victoria is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Victoria
- La Grulla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- La Grulla is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grulla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
- Alto Bonito
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alto Bonito is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Bonito
- Alto Bonito has also been known as:
- Alto Bonito Colonia
- West Alto Bonito
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Alto Bonito is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alto Bonito
- West Alto Bonito has also been known as:
- West Alto Bonito Colonia
- Garciasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- El Refugio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- El Refugio is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Refugio
- El Refugio has also been known as:
- El Refugio Colonia
- La Puerta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- La Puerta is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puerta
- La Carla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Carla is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Carla
- La Carla has also been known as:
- La Carla Colonia
- Las Lomas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Las Lomas is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
- Rio Grande City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arkansas City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arkansas City is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
- Delmita
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Santel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Santel is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santel
- Santel has also been known as:
- Santel Colonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley Ranch.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley Ranch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley Ranch.
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 Pleasant Valley Ranch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch listed first.
- San Antonio Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- San Jose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose Cemetery
- The San Jose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abram Cemetery
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Granjeno Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granjeno Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Granjeno Cemetery is located in Granjeno.
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- La Piedad Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cuevitas Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hidalgo Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidalgo Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hidalgo Cemetery is located in Hidalgo.
- The Hidalgo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hidalgo City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313151 <2>
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Palm Valley Memorial Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- San Vicente Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Solizes Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Pleasant Valley Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley Ranch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley Ranch listed first.
- Havana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Havana is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hidalgo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rio Grande City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Los Angeles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Los Angeles is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley Ranch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Pleasant Valley Ranch:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hidalgo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley Ranch) 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 Pleasant Valley Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |