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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 Robberson (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 Robberson. 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.

Robberson is located in Starr 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 Starr County: Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg & Zapata.

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

  • Starr County     (The home county of Robberson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robberson, with the one closest to Robberson listed first.
    • Arkansas City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Arkansas City is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
    • San Isidro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Elena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Delmita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • La Carla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • La Carla is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Carla
      • La Carla has also been known as:
      • La Carla Colonia
    • La Victoria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • La Victoria is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Victoria
    • Las Lomas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Las Lomas is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
    • Alto Bonito
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Alto Bonito is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Bonito
      • Alto Bonito has also been known as:
      • Alto Bonito Colonia
    • Garciasville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • West Alto Bonito
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • West Alto Bonito is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alto Bonito
      • West Alto Bonito has also been known as:
      • West Alto Bonito Colonia
    • El Refugio
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • El Refugio is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Refugio
      • El Refugio has also been known as:
      • El Refugio Colonia
    • La Puerta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • La Puerta is located in Starr County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puerta
    • Rio Grande City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Hidalgo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robberson, with the one closest to Robberson listed first.
    • McCook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sullivan City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Citrus City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Citrus City is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus City
    • Monte Christo ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Monte Christo is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Christo
    • Cuevitas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cuevitas is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuevitas
    • Laguna Seca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Laguna Seca is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna Seca
    • Havana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Havana is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
    • La Joya
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Los Ebanos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sam Fordyce ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sam Fordyce is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Fordyce
    • Doffing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Doffing is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doffing
    • Aloha Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Aloha Village is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha Village
      • Aloha Village has also been known as:
      • Aloha Village Colonia
    • Alton North
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alton North is located in Hidalgo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton North
  • Jim Hogg County

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

Cemeteries Near Robberson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robberson.

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 Robberson - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Santa Maria Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Coyote Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Tangue Allegre Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Juarez Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Montalvo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rojas Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Naranja Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Santa Elena Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rancho Viejo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gonzales Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Soledad Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • La Paz Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Olivares Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Santa Cruz Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Rio Grande City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Havana
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Havana is located in Hidalgo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
  • Los Angeles
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Los Angeles is located in Hidalgo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles

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

Newspapers Published in Robberson ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robberson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robberson, 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 Robberson.

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 Robberson:

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>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 Robberson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Robberson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.