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 San Patricio (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 San Patricio. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
San Patricio is primarily located in San Patricio County. A portion of San Patricio extends into Nueces 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 San Patricio County: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces & Refugio.
Below are the counties that are near San Patricio. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Patricio:
- San Patricio County (The home county of San Patricio)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Edroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mathis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edgewater - Paisano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Paisano
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paisano is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
- Paisano has also been known as:
- Paisano Park Colonia
- Paisano Park
- Vahlsing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vahlsing is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vahlsing
- Lakeside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Odem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Odem is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,380 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odem <1>
- Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Farm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
- Morgan Farm has also been known as:
- Morgan Farm Colonia
- Saint Paul
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Del Sol - Loma Linda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
- Sinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bee County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Tynan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Skidmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clareville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clareville is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
- Blue Berry Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
- Beeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Sandia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Blanca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Pernitas Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
- K-Bar Ranch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
- Orange Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Westdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Alfred - South La Paloma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Water City Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Owl Ranch - Amargosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Owl Ranch - Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Ranch - Amargosa
- Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Alegre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
- Alice Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Coyote Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Live Oak County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Dinero
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mikeska
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mikeska is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikeska
- Nueces County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluntzer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
- Banquete
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Calallen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Banquete
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rancho Banquete is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Banquete
- North San Pedro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North San Pedro is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North San Pedro
- Robstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden - Terra Verde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Agua Dulce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Paloma - Lost Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Driscoll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Petronila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petronila is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petronila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Patricio, see our County-by-County Page for San Patricio.
Cemeteries Near San Patricio ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Patricio.
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 San Patricio - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Patricio covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Old San Patricio Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Ranch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edroy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Descanso Eterno Cemetery No. 2
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Descanso Eterno Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tom Mathis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McNeill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wade Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cenizo Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cenzo Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Banquete Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- San Pedro Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (59 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Odem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3488 <2>
- Robstown Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Robstown.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Robstown Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6410 <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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that San Patricio had a population of 315 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, San Patricio had a population of 366 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Patricio, with the one closest to San Patricio listed first.
- Mathis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Banquete
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lagarto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lagarto is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagarto
- Agua Dulce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Papalote
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Papalote is located in Bee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Skidmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Driscoll
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nueces
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nueces is located in Nueces County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nueces
- Corpus Christi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Portland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- La Para
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- La Para is located in Live Oak County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Para
- Gregory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beeville
(29 miles [46.7 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 San Patricio. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Patricio.
Newspapers Published in San Patricio ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Patricio.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Patricio, 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 San Patricio.
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 San Patricio:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to San Patricio County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bee County
- Jim Wells County
- Live Oak 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> | 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- San Patricio) 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 San Patricio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |