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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 Skidmore (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 Skidmore. 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.

Skidmore is located in Bee 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 Bee County: Goliad, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio & San Patricio.

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

  • Bee County     (The home county of Skidmore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Tynan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Beeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Blue Berry Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Berry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
      • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
    • Clareville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clareville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
      • Clareville is located in Bee County
    • Normanna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Blanconia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
    • Tuleta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Mineral
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
      • Mineral is located in Bee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <1>
    • Pettus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Tulsita
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
  • Goliad County
  • Jim Wells County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Pernitas Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pernitas Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pernitas Point
      • Pernitas Point is located in Jim Wells County
    • Sandia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
      • Sandia is located in Jim Wells County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandia <1>
    • Casa Blanca
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
      • Casa Blanca is located in Jim Wells County
    • K-Bar Ranch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for K-Bar Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K-Bar Ranch
      • K-Bar Ranch is located in Jim Wells County
    • Orange Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
      • Orange Grove is located in Jim Wells County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange Grove <1>
    • Westdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
      • Westdale is located in Jim Wells County
    • Alfred - South La Paloma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Dinero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dinero. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinero
      • Dinero is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dinero <1>
    • George West
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for George West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George West
      • George West is located in Live Oak County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,598 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for George West <1>
    • Oakville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
      • Oakville is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakville <1>
    • Ray Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
    • Ike
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ike. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
      • Ike is located in Live Oak County
  • Nueces County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Sandy Hollow - Escondidas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bluntzer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluntzer
      • Bluntzer is located in Nueces County
    • Calallen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Viola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Viola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Viola is located in Nueces County
  • Refugio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Woodsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Refugio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Black Point ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
      • Black Point is located in Refugio County
    • Bayside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
      • Bayside is located in Refugio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayside <1>
  • San Patricio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skidmore, with the one closest to Skidmore listed first.
    • Vahlsing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vahlsing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vahlsing
      • Vahlsing is located in San Patricio County
    • Saint Paul
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in San Patricio County
    • Mathis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis
      • Mathis is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathis <1>
    • Lakeshore Gardens - Hidden Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
    • Edgewater - Paisano
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater - Paisano
      • Edgewater - Paisano is located in San Patricio County
    • Paisano
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paisano have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisano
      • Paisano is located in San Patricio County
      • Paisano has also been known as:
      • Paisano Park Colonia
      • Paisano Park
    • Lake City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Morgan Farm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Farm
      • Morgan Farm is located in San Patricio County
      • Morgan Farm has also been known as:
      • Morgan Farm Colonia
    • Sinton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
      • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <1>
    • Edroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edroy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edroy
      • Edroy is located in San Patricio County
      • Edroy has also been known as:
      • Edroy Colonia
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edroy <1>
    • Del Sol - Loma Linda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sol - Loma Linda
      • Del Sol - Loma Linda is located in San Patricio County

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

Cemeteries Near Skidmore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skidmore.

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Skidmore had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Papalote
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote
    • Papalote is located in Bee County
  • Beeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mathis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathis
    • Mathis is located in San Patricio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathis <1>
  • Lagarto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lagarto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagarto
    • Lagarto is located in Live Oak County
  • Sinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
    • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <1>
  • La Para
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Para have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Para
    • La Para is located in Live Oak County
  • San Patricio
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Patricio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
    • San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
  • Blanconia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
    • Blanconia is located in Bee County
    • Former names for Blanconia:
    • Dark Corners
    • Pull Tight
  • Berclair
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Mineral
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Mineral is located in Bee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <1>
  • Refugio
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Pettus
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Oakville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Oakville is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakville <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Skidmore ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skidmore.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Skidmore. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Skidmore and those printed in the larger area surrounding Skidmore.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> of Skidmore.

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 Skidmore:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Skidmore. 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Skidmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Skidmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2542, Longitude: -97.6856       In this case, the coordinates for Skidmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Skidmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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