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 Rancho Chico (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 Rancho Chico. 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 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.
Rancho Chico is located in San Patricio 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 San Patricio County: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces & Refugio.
Below are the counties that are near Rancho Chico. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rancho Chico:
- San Patricio County (The home county of Rancho Chico)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Sinton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Morgan Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
- Morgan Farm has also been known as:
- Morgan Farm Colonia
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Taft Southwest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taft Southwest is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Southwest
- Taft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taft is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <1>
- Odem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odem is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,380 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odem <1>
- Edroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Doyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Doyle is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Tradewinds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
- Gregory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aransas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Aransas Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Copano Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Copano Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Tynan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Skidmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blanconia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blanconia is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
- Former names for Blanconia:
- Dark Corners
- Pull Tight
- Beeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Berry Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
- Clareville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clareville is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Sandia
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Pernitas Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
- K-Bar Ranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
- Orange Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Westdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Alfred - South La Paloma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Calallen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corpus Christi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bluntzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- North San Pedro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
- Robstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Garden - Terra Verde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tierra Grande
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
- Banquete
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Petronila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Petronila is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- La Paloma - Lost Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Refugio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Black Point ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Black Point is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Woodsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bayside
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Refugio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rancho Chico, see our County-by-County Page for Rancho Chico.
Cemeteries Near Rancho Chico ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rancho Chico.
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 Rancho Chico - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rancho Chico covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Eternal Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heaven's Acre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sinton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sinton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Sinton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1076319 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Odem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3488 <2>
- Bellevue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosita Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palms Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palms Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Portland.
- The Palms Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- San Patricio Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6716 <2>
- Papalote Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Papalote Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Edroy Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gregory Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old San Patricio Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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 Rancho Chico in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rancho Chico.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rancho Chico, with the one closest to Rancho Chico listed first.
- Sinton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Papalote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Nueces
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Portland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- San Patricio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- Corpus Christi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Skidmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mathis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Banquete
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Refugio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Aransas Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blanconia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blanconia is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
- Former names for Blanconia:
- Dark Corners
- Pull Tight
- Rockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rancho Chico. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rancho Chico.
Newspapers Published in Rancho Chico ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rancho Chico.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rancho Chico, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rancho Chico.
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 either 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 Rancho Chico:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to San Patricio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aransas County
- Bee County
- Jim Wells County
- Nueces County
- Refugio 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> | 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- Rancho Chico) 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 Rancho Chico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |