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 Ramon (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 Ramon. 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 southeast 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 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.

San Ramon is located in Webb 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 Webb County: Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick & Zapata.

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

• Webb County     (The home county of San Ramon)
  • The following are listed by their distance from San Ramon, with the one closest to San Ramon listed first.
  • Botines
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Botines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botines
    • Botines is located in Webb County
  • Ranchitos Las Lomas
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchitos Las Lomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchitos Las Lomas
    • Ranchitos Las Lomas is located in Webb County
  • Ranchos Penitas West
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchos Penitas West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos Penitas West
    • Ranchos Penitas West is located in Webb County
    • Ranchos Penitas West has also been known as:
    • Ranchos Penitas West Colonia
  • Regency Village
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Village
    • Regency Village is located in Webb County
    • Regency Village has also been known as:
    • Regency Village Colonia
  • Islitas ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islitas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islitas
    • Islitas is located in Webb County
  • Santo Tomas ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santo Tomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Tomas
    • Santo Tomas is located in Webb County
  • Laredo Ranchettes
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laredo Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
    • Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
  • Laredo
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Laredo is located in Webb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
  • Larga Vista
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larga Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larga Vista
    • Larga Vista is located in Webb County
    • Larga Vista has also been known as:
    • Larga Vista Colonia
  • Pescadito ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pescadito have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescadito
    • Pescadito is located in Webb County
• La Salle County
  • The following are listed by their distance from San Ramon, with the one closest to San Ramon listed first.
  • Encinal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinal
    • Encinal is located in La Salle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 578 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encinal <2>
  • Artesia Wells
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia Wells
    • Artesia Wells is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia Wells <2>

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

Newspapers Published in San Ramon ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Ramon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Ramon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Ramon.

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 either 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 Ramon:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Webb County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • La Salle County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Webb County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Webb County

Cemeteries Near San Ramon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Ramon.

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

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

• Cactus Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cactus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cactus Cemetery
• Becerra Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Becerra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Becerra Cemetery
• Tordillo Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tordillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tordillo Cemetery
• Darwin Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
• Dolores Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • The Dolores Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Dolores Ranch Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3263 <4>
• Calvary Catholic Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
  • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966533 <4>
• City Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
  • The City Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Laredo City Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186555 <4>

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

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

• Cactus
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
  • Cactus is located in Webb County
• Encinal
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinal
  • Encinal is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encinal <2>
• Webb
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
  • Webb is located in Webb County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/

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