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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 Rio Medina (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 Rio Medina. 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 Rio Medina ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Riomedina.

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.

Rio Medina is located in Medina County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Medina County: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Uvalde & Zavala.

Below are the counties that are near Rio Medina. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rio Medina:

  • Medina County     (The home county of Rio Medina)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.
    • Castroville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
      • Castroville is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <2>
    • Mico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mico
      • Mico is located in Medina County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mico <2>
    • LaCoste
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for LaCoste have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <2>
    • Quihi
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pearson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • New Fountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hondo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Natalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalia
      • Natalia is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natalia <2>
    • Devine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
      • Devine is located in Medina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <2>
    • D'Hanis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Yancey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yancey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
      • Yancey is located in Medina County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yancey <2>
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.
    • Lytle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <2>
    • Anchorage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchorage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
      • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Anchorage
      • From Rio Medina to Anchorage
    • Rossville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rossville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
      • Rossville is located in Atascosa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rossville
      • From Rio Medina to Rossville
    • Iuka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Iuka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Iuka
      • From Rio Medina to Iuka
    • Kyote
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Bandera County
  • Bexar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.
    • Lackland Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lackland City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lackland City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland City
      • Lackland City is located in Bexar County
    • Helotes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helotes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helotes
      • Helotes is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,277 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helotes <2>
    • Macdona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macdona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macdona
      • Macdona is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macdona <2>
    • Westwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
      • Westwood Village is located in Bexar County
    • Atascosa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Leon Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Valley
      • Leon Valley is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon Valley <2>
    • Grey Forest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grey Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
      • Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Von Ormy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Von Ormy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Von Ormy
      • Von Ormy is located in Bexar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Von Ormy <2>
    • Bexar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
    • Balcones Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Comal County
    • Silver Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
  • Frio County
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.
    • Boerne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Nelson City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rio Medina, see our County-by-County Page for Rio Medina.

Cemeteries Near Rio Medina ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rio Medina.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rio Medina covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.

  • Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Louis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Louis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Schweers Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Quihi Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quihi Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quihi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Arnold Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnold Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sociedad Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sociedad Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sociedad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Isidro Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Isidro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Isidro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lessing Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lessing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lessing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tripp Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tripp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tripp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Becker Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Becker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Becker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Helotes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helotes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Helotes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...
    • Decker Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Decker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Decker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hermann Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hermann Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hermann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lee Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

While we didn't find Rio Medina in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rio Medina.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rio Medina, with the one closest to Rio Medina listed first.

  • Castroville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
    • Castroville is located in Medina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <2>
  • New Fountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Noonan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noonan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonan
    • Noonan is located in Medina County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Noonan
    • From Rio Medina to Noonan
  • Macdona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macdona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macdona
    • Macdona is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macdona <2>
  • Lytle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
    • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <2>
  • Atascosa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hondo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Von Ormy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Von Ormy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Von Ormy
    • Von Ormy is located in Bexar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Von Ormy <2>
  • Bexar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Withers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Withers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
    • Withers is located in Bexar County
  • Devine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
    • Devine is located in Medina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <2>
  • Robards
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robards have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rio Medina. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rio Medina.

Newspapers Published in Rio Medina ...

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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rio Medina.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rio Medina, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rio Medina.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Rio Medina:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rio Medina. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Rio Medina, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Rio Medina) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rio Medina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4401, Longitude: -98.8838    









 

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