RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Goliad County >> Scurlock >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Texas

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas





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 Scurlock (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 Scurlock. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Scurlock is located in Goliad 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 Goliad County: Bee, DeWitt, Karnes, Refugio & Victoria.

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

  • Goliad County     (The home county of Scurlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scurlock, with the one closest to Scurlock listed first.
    • Fannin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Goliad
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goliad have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goliad
      • Goliad is located in Goliad County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goliad <1>
    • Kilgore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
    • Cologne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Ander
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ander
      • Ander is located in Goliad County
    • Weser
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
      • Weser is located in Goliad County
    • Weesatche
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Angel City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angel City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
    • Berclair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berclair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
      • Berclair is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berclair <1>
  • Bee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scurlock, with the one closest to Scurlock listed first.
    • Blanconia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
    • Pettus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus
      • Pettus is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pettus <1>
    • Normanna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normanna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanna
      • Normanna is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normanna <1>
    • Tuleta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Tulsita
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scurlock, with the one closest to Scurlock listed first.
    • Meyersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
      • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <1>
    • Thomaston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Yorktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordheim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordheim have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordheim
      • Nordheim is located in DeWitt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordheim <1>
    • Cuero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Karnes County
    • Runge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runge
      • Runge is located in Karnes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Runge <1>
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scurlock, with the one closest to Scurlock listed first.
    • Refugio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Woodsboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsboro
      • Woodsboro is located in Refugio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,376 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodsboro <1>
    • Tivoli
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scurlock, with the one closest to Scurlock listed first.
    • Oak Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
    • Coletoville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
    • McFaddin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
    • Nursery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Victoria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <1>
    • Dacosta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
    • Telferner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Placedo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placedo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placedo
      • Placedo is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placedo <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Scurlock ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scurlock.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Scurlock:

Cemeteries Near Scurlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scurlock.

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

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

  • Sepenter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sepenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sepenter Cemetery
  • Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rubio Cristo Rey Cemetery
  • San Antonio Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Antonio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Antonio Cemetery
  • Fannin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fannin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fannin Cemetery
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendale Cemetery
  • Flores Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flores Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flores Cemetery
  • Killebrew Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Killebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killebrew Cemetery
  • Wisbey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wisbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wisbey Cemetery
  • Noble Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noble Cemetery
  • Lott Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lott Cemetery
  • Danforth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danforth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danforth Cemetery
  • Lott Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lott Cemetery
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...
    • San Jose Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fagan Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fagan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fagan Cemetery
    • Terrell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Terrell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terrell 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 Scurlock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scurlock.

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

  • Fannin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Weser
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weser
    • Weser is located in Goliad County
  • Weesatche
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Aloe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aloe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
  • Mission Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
    • Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
  • Meyersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meyersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersville
    • Meyersville is located in DeWitt County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyersville <1>
  • Charco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
  • Berclair
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berclair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
    • Berclair is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berclair <1>
  • Blanconia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
    • Blanconia is located in Bee County
    • Former names for Blanconia:
    • Dark Corners
    • Pull Tight
  • Victoria
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nursery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Arneckeville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arneckeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arneckeville
    • Arneckeville is located in DeWitt County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Yorktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Thomaston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Guadalupe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guadalupe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
      • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Scurlock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scurlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6808, Longitude: -97.3128       In this case, the coordinates for Scurlock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Scurlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024