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 Ramirez (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 Ramirez. 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 Ramirez ...
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.
Ramirez has also been known as: Ramirez Colonia.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Ramirez. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ramirez.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Ramirez 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 Ramirez. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ramirez:
- Hidalgo County (The home county of Ramirez)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramirez, with the one closest to Ramirez listed first.
- La Homa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- La Homa is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Homa
- Palmview South
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Palmview South is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmview South
- Palmview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Palmview is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,839 people
- Mission
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palmhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palmhurst is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmhurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,719 people
- West Sharyland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Sharyland is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sharyland
- Doffing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doffing is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doffing
- Abram
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abram is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abram
- Chihuahua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chihuahua is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chihuahua
- Chihuahua has also been known as:
- Chihuahua Colonia
- Aloha Village
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alton North
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alton North is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton North
- Starr County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramirez, with the one closest to Ramirez listed first.
- La Grulla
(18 miles [29 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
- La Victoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Victoria is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Victoria
- Alto Bonito
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- El Refugio
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- La Puerta is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puerta
- La Carla
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Las Lomas is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
- Arkansas City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arkansas City is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
- Rio Grande City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ramirez, see our County-by-County Page for Ramirez.
Cemeteries Near Ramirez ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ramirez.
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 Ramirez - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ramirez covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ramirez, with the one closest to Ramirez listed first.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- San Jose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose Cemetery
- The San Jose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Abram Cemetery
- Valley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Antonio Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Temple Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Granjeno Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
- La Piedad Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hidalgo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palm Valley Memorial Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Pharr Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Juan Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Juan Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of San Juan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6707 <2>
- Cuevitas Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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 Ramirez in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ramirez.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ramirez, with the one closest to Ramirez listed first.
- Havana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Havana is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hidalgo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Los Angeles
(27 miles [43.5 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 Ramirez. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ramirez.
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 Ramirez:
- 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramirez) 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 Ramirez, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |