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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 Turcotte (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 Turcotte. 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 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.

Turcotte is located in Kenedy 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 Kenedy County: Brooks, Hidalgo, Kleberg & Willacy.

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

  • Kenedy County     (The home county of Turcotte)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turcotte, with the one closest to Turcotte listed first.
    • Armstrong
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armstrong have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Kenedy County
    • Sarita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarita
      • Sarita is located in Kenedy County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sarita <2>
  • Brooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turcotte, with the one closest to Turcotte listed first.
    • Flowella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
      • Flowella is located in Brooks County
    • Encino
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Airport Road Addition
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Road Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Road Addition
      • Airport Road Addition is located in Brooks County
    • Cantu Addition
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantu Addition have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
      • Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
    • Falfurrias
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falfurrias have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfurrias
      • Falfurrias is located in Brooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,717 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falfurrias <2>
  • Kleberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turcotte, with the one closest to Turcotte listed first.
    • Riviera
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Vattmannville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vattmannville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattmannville
      • Vattmannville is located in Kleberg County

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

Cemeteries Near Turcotte ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turcotte.

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

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

  • Norias Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norias Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norias Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sarita Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarita Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • El Lucero Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Lucero Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Lucero Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Perez Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perez Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riviera Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riviera Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riviera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Benavides Family Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Garcia Family Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Vattman Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vattman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vattman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pedro Garza Zamora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canales Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canales Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canales Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Longoria Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longoria Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longoria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pedro Jaramillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Vallerreno Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vallerreno Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vallerreno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Perez Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perez Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Old Town Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Turcotte ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turcotte.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turcotte, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turcotte.

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 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 Turcotte:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turcotte) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turcotte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.0073, Longitude: -97.7953       In this case, the coordinates for Turcotte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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