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Nearest Communities to Ramireno,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ramireno, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ramireno:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ramireno.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Ramireno is located in Zapata County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Zapata County: Jim Hogg, Starr & Webb.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ramireno. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Zapata County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Ramireno (which is Zapata County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Ramireno

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Zapata County   (where Ramireno resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.zapata.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Zapata:   Zapata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ramireno   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ramireno.
      • San Ignacio Viejo Unit 2 Colonia
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • San Ygnacio
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Valle Verde
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Valle Verde is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valle Verde
        • Valle Verde has also been known as:
        • Valle Verde Colonia
      • Urebeno
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Urebeno is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urebeno
      • Las Palmas
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Las Palmas is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palmas
      • A F Pierce Colonia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • A F Pierce Colonia is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for A F Pierce Colonia
      • Cuellar Colonia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Cuellar Colonia is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuellar Colonia
      • Medina
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Medina is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
      • Ranchito San Jose
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ranchito San Jose is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchito San Jose
        • Ranchito San Jose has also been known as:
        • Ranchito San Jose Colonia
      • Zapata
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Buena Vista
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Buena Vista is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
        • Buena Vista has also been known as:
        • Buena Vista Colonia
      • Falcon Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Falcon Estates is located in Zapata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Estates
        • Falcon Estates has also been known as:
        • Falcon Estates Colonia
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Falcon Mesa
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
        • Flores Addition
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Flores Addition is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flores Addition
          • Flores Addition has also been known as:
          • Flores Addition Colonia
        • Four Seasons
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Four Seasons is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
          • Four Seasons has also been known as:
          • Four Seasons Colonia
        • Guzman
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Guzman is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guzman
          • Guzman has also been known as:
          • Guzman Colonia
        • Lakefront Lodge
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Lakefront Lodge is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefront Lodge
        • Linda Vista
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Linda Vista is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Vista
        • Morgan's Lakefront Lodge Colonia
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • S Truman Phelps Colonia
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sunset Villa
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Sunset Villa is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Villa
          • Sunset Villa has also been known as:
          • Sunset Villa Colonia
        • Black Bass
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Black Bass is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bass
        • Falcon Shores
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Falcon Shores is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Shores
        • Falcon Lake Estates
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Falcon Lake Estates is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake Estates
        • Falcon Lake
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Falcon Lake is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake
        • Lago Halcon A Colonia
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lago Halcon B Colonia
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Siesta Shores
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
        • Bustamante
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Bustamante is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bustamante
        • Dolores
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Dolores is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
          • Dolores has also been known as:
          • Dolores Colonia
        • Alejandrenas
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Alejandrenas is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alejandrenas
        • Escobas
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Escobas is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escobas
        • Morales - Sanchez
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
          • Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
          • Morales - Sanchez Colonia
        • Lopeno
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jim Hogg County
  • Webb County
    • County Website:   https://www.webbcountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Webb:   Laredo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ramireno   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ramireno.
      • El Cenizo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • El Cenizo is located in Webb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cenizo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,092 people
      • Rio Bravo Annex
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Rio Bravo Annex is located in Webb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo Annex
        • Rio Bravo Annex has also been known as:
        • Rio Bravo Annex Colonia
      • Rio Bravo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Rio Bravo is located in Webb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,608 people
        • Rio Bravo has also been known as:
        • Rio Bravo Colonia
      • La Presa
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • La Presa is located in Webb County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Presa
        • La Presa has also been known as:
        • La Presa Colonia
      • One River Place Colonia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ramireno) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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