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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 Riviera (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 Riviera. 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 hospitals and 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.

Riviera is located in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County: Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy & Nueces.

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

  • Kleberg County     (The home county of Riviera)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Vattmannville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vattmannville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattmannville
      • Vattmannville is located in Kleberg County
    • Kingsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Brooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Flowella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
      • Flowella is located in Brooks County
    • Airport Road Addition
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Road Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Road Addition
      • Airport Road Addition is located in Brooks County
    • Falfurrias
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falfurrias have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfurrias
      • Falfurrias is located in Brooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,717 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falfurrias <2>
    • Cantu Addition
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantu Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
      • Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Santa Cruz
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
      • Santa Cruz is located in Duval County
    • Rios
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
      • Rios is located in Duval County
  • Jim Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Premont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ben Bolt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Bolt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bolt
      • Ben Bolt is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Bolt <2>
  • Kenedy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Sarita
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarita
      • Sarita is located in Kenedy County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sarita <2>
    • Armstrong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armstrong have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Kenedy County
  • Nueces County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Bishop
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Driscoll
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driscoll have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driscoll
      • Driscoll is located in Nueces County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driscoll <2>
    • Petronila
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petronila have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
      • Petronila is located in Nueces County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • La Paloma - Lost Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Chapman Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapman Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Ranch
      • Chapman Ranch is located in Nueces County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapman Ranch <2>
    • Tierra Grande
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Grande
      • Tierra Grande is located in Nueces County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Riviera ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riviera.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Riviera. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Riviera and those printed in the larger area surrounding Riviera.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of Riviera.

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 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 Riviera:

Cemeteries Near Riviera ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riviera.

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 Riviera covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Riviera Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riviera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riviera Cemetery
  • Vattman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vattman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vattman Cemetery
  • Sarita Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarita Cemetery
  • Canales Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canales Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canales Cemetery
  • Rest Haven Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Memorial Park
  • Chamberlain Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Santa Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Santo Gertrudis Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery
  • Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery
  • Perez Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perez Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Old Town Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town Cemetery
    • Flinn Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flinn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flinn Cemetery

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 Riviera in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riviera.

  • Driscoll
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driscoll have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driscoll
    • Driscoll is located in Nueces County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driscoll <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riviera. 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riviera) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riviera. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2990, Longitude: -97.8149    
<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 Riviera, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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