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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 Vesrue (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 Vesrue. 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 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.

Vesrue is located in Winkler 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 Winkler County: Lea (NM), Andrews, Ector, Loving & Ward.

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

  • Winkler County     (The home county of Vesrue)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vesrue, with the one closest to Vesrue listed first.
    • Cheyenne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
      • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
    • Kermit
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wink
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
      • Wink is located in Winkler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <1>
  • Andrews County
    • Coyote Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coyote Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Corner
      • Coyote Corner is located in Andrews County
  • Ector County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vesrue, with the one closest to Vesrue listed first.
    • Notrees
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notrees have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notrees
      • Notrees is located in Ector County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notrees <1>
    • Goldsmith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldsmith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
      • Goldsmith is located in Ector County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldsmith <1>
    • Judkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
      • Judkins is located in Ector County
  • Loving County
    • Woody ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woody. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
      • Woody is located in Loving County
  • Ward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vesrue, with the one closest to Vesrue listed first.
    • Wickett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickett
      • Wickett is located in Ward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickett <1>
    • Pyote
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Monahans
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Thorntonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorntonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntonville
      • Thorntonville is located in Ward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Lea County (NM)
    • Jal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jal
      • Jal is located in Lea County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jal <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Vesrue ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vesrue.

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

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

  • Jal Cooper Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jal Cooper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jal Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pyote Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pyote Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pyote Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Pyote.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228433 <4>
  • Monahans Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monahans Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Monahans Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Monahans.
    • The Monahans Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138721 <4>
  • Slash Ranch Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slash Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Slash Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Slash Ranch Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> to the south of Mentone.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155490 <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.<6>

While we didn't find Vesrue in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vesrue.

  • Pyote
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Vesrue ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vesrue.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vesrue, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vesrue.

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 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 Vesrue:

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

The official website for Winkler County: www.co.winkler.tx.us/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vesrue) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vesrue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9035, Longitude: -103.1166       In this case, the coordinates for Vesrue 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 Vesrue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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