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 Vera Cruz (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 Vera Cruz. 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.
Name Variations for Vera Cruz ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Veracruz.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Vera Cruz. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vera Cruz.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Vera Cruz is located in Duval 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 Duval County: Brooks, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen & Webb.
Below are the counties that are near Vera Cruz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vera Cruz:
- Duval County (The home county of Vera Cruz)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Rios
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rios is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
- Santa Cruz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Santa Cruz is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
- Concepcion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benavides
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Realitos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- San Diego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brooks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Falfurrias
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cantu Addition
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
- Airport Road Addition
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Flowella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flowella is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
- Jim Hogg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Las Lomitas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Las Lomitas is located in Jim Hogg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomitas
- Hebbronville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Fork Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork Estates is located in Jim Hogg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Estates
- Jim Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Premont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Bolt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coyote Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Alice Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Loma Linda East
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Loma Linda East is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda East
- Loma Linda East has also been known as:
- Loma Linda East Colonia
- Rancho Alegre
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rancho Alegre is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Alegre
- Alice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Water City Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Kleberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Kingsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Riviera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nueces County
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vera Cruz, see our County-by-County Page for Vera Cruz.
Cemeteries Near Vera Cruz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vera Cruz.
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 Vera Cruz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vera Cruz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Vera Cruz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gonzales Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Las Piedritas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Santo Nino Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Velas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perez Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perez Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Valadez Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vicinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antonio Lopez Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonio Lopez Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antonio Lopez Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the east of Benavides.
- The Antonio Lopez Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- San Jose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6701 <3>
- Saltiero Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Garcia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ramos Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Copita Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Vera Cruz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vera Cruz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vera Cruz, with the one closest to Vera Cruz listed first.
- Conception
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conception is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception
- Benavides
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Realitos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- San Diego
(22 miles [35.4 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 Vera Cruz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vera Cruz.
Newspapers Published in Vera Cruz ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vera Cruz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vera Cruz, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vera Cruz.
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 Vera Cruz:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Duval County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brooks County
- Jim Hogg County
- Jim Wells County
- Kleberg 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vera Cruz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Vera Cruz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |