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 River Road Colonia (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 River Road Colonia. 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 River Road Colonia ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for River Road Colonia: River Rd. Colonia
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
River Road Colonia 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 River Road Colonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to River Road Colonia:
- Hidalgo County (The home county of River Road Colonia)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Road Colonia, with the one closest to River Road Colonia listed first.
- Scissors
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Scissors is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors
- Donna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Midway South
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Midway South is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway South
- Midway Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Midway Village is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
- Midway Village has also been known as:
- Midway Village Colonia
- Villa Verde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Villa Verde is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Verde
- Villa Verde has also been known as:
- Villa Verde Colonia
- South Alamo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Alamo is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alamo
- Midway North
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Midway North is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway North
- Weslaco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Southside Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southside Village is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside Village
- Southside Village has also been known as:
- Southside Village Colonia
- Llano Grande
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Llano Grande is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano Grande
- Alamo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Alamo Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Alamo Village is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Alamo Village
- North Alamo Village has also been known as:
- North Alamo Village Colonia
- Plumosa Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plumosa Village is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumosa Village
- Plumosa Village has also been known as:
- Plumosa Village Colonia
- Cameron County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Road Colonia, with the one closest to River Road Colonia listed first.
- Bixby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bixby is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Longoria Townsite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Longoria Townsite is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longoria Townsite
- Longoria Townsite has also been known as:
- Longoria Townsite Colonia
- North La Feria Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North La Feria Village is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Feria Village
- North La Feria Village has also been known as:
- North La Feria Village Colonia
- Santa Maria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Solis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Solis is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis
- Solis has also been known as:
- Solis Colonia
- Arroyo Alto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arroyo Alto is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Alto
- Bluetown - Iglesia Antigua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- La Feria North
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- La Feria North is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Feria North
- La Feria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ratamosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ratamosa is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratamosa
- Ratamosa has also been known as:
- Ratamosa Colonia
- Bluetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bluetown is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluetown
- Bluetown has also been known as:
- Blue Town
- Bluetown Colonia
- Windsong Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Windsong Village is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Village
- Windsong Village has also been known as:
- Windsong Village Colonia
- Grand Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Acres is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Acres
- Willacy County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Road Colonia, with the one closest to River Road Colonia listed first.
- Zapata Ranch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zapata Ranch is located in Willacy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zapata Ranch
- Zapata Ranch has also been known as:
- Zapata Ranch Colonia
- Sebastian
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lasara
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lyford South
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lyford South is located in Willacy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyford South
- Lyford South has also been known as:
- Lyford South Colonia
- Lyford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ranchette Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ranchette Estates is located in Willacy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchette Estates
- Ranchette Estates has also been known as:
- Ranchette Estates Colonia
- Raymondville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Los Angeles Subdivision
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to River Road Colonia, see our County-by-County Page for River Road Colonia.
Cemeteries Near River Road Colonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Road Colonia.
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 River Road Colonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for River Road Colonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from River Road Colonia, with the one closest to River Road Colonia listed first.
- Donna City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donna City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Donna City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Donna.
- The Donna City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Donna Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #323371 <2>
- Asadores Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Webber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Balli Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weslaco Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- San Pedro Ranch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brewster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Juan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Eli Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli Jackson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eli Jackson Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Hidalgo.
- The Eli Jackson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eli Jackson - Brewster Cemetery
- Jackson - Brewster Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2650696 <2>
- Continue List (65 more) ...
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cementerio Bautista Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Mercedes.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emmanuel Cemetery
- Mercedes Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2184663 <2>
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 River Road Colonia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of River Road Colonia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from River Road Colonia, with the one closest to River Road Colonia listed first.
- Hidalgo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Santa Maria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Havana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Havana is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around River Road Colonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around River Road Colonia.
Newspapers Published in River Road Colonia ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Road Colonia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Road Colonia, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for River Road Colonia.
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 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 River Road Colonia:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Hidalgo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cameron County
- Willacy 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 '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- River Road Colonia) 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 River Road Colonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |