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 Ricardo (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 Ricardo. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Ricardo is located in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County: Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy & Nueces.
Below are the counties that are near Ricardo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ricardo:
- Kleberg County (The home county of Ricardo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Kingsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riviera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vattmannville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vattmannville is located in Kleberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattmannville
- Brooks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Flowella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flowella is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
- Airport Road Addition
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Falfurrias
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cantu Addition
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
- Duval County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Rios
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rios is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
- Santa Cruz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Santa Cruz is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
- Concepcion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Premont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ben Bolt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Water City Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Water City Estates is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water City Estates
- Water City Estates has also been known as:
- Water City Estates Colonia
- Alice Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
- Alice Acres has also been known as:
- Alice Acres Colonia
- Alice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coyote Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
- Coyote Acres has also been known as:
- Coyote Acres Colonia
- Rancho Alegre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
- Kenedy County
- Sarita
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Driscoll
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- La Paloma - Lost Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Petronila
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Petronila is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Spring Garden - Terra Verde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tierra Grande
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
- Agua Dulce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Banquete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rancho Banquete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rancho Banquete is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Banquete
- Chapman Ranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North San Pedro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
- Robstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ricardo, see our County-by-County Page for Ricardo.
Cemeteries Near Ricardo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ricardo.
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 Ricardo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ricardo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Rest Haven Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chamberlain Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Kingsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2864 <2>
- St. Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Santa Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Santo Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riviera Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vattman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Restland Memory Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Memory Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Restland Memory Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bishop.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969801 <2>
- Sarita Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flinn Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calaveras Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Ricardo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ricardo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ricardo, with the one closest to Ricardo listed first.
- Driscoll
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Agua Dulce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Banquete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ricardo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ricardo.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ricardo ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ricardo.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ricardo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ricardo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ricardo.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Ricardo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ricardo:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Kleberg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brooks County
- Duval County
- Jim Wells County
- Kenedy County
- Nueces 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> | 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 Ricardo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ricardo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |