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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 Vidaurri (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 Vidaurri. 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.

Vidaurri is located in Refugio 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 Refugio County: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, San Patricio & Victoria.

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

  • Refugio County     (The home county of Vidaurri)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vidaurri, with the one closest to Vidaurri listed first.
    • Refugio
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tivoli
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Woodsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Austwell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bayside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Black Point ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Black Point is located in Refugio County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
  • Aransas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vidaurri, with the one closest to Vidaurri listed first.
    • Spanish Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
    • Copano Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Copano Village is located in Aransas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
    • Fulton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Rockport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Bee County
    • Blanconia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vidaurri, with the one closest to Vidaurri listed first.
    • Heyser
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Heyser is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
    • Long Mott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Seadrift
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Kamey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vidaurri, with the one closest to Vidaurri listed first.
    • Fannin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cologne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Cologne is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
      • Former names for Cologne:
      • Centerville
      • Ira Station
      • Perdido
    • Goliad
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kilgore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kilgore is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
    • Berclair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Victoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vidaurri, with the one closest to Vidaurri listed first.
    • McFaddin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Oak Village is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Bloomington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coletoville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Coletoville is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
    • Aloe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Aloe is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hughes is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Dacosta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
    • Placedo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Victoria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Vidaurri ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vidaurri.

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 Vidaurri - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vidaurri covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • O'Connor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • De la Garza Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sample Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Nicholas Fagan Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Terrell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Stiger Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fagan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lott Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rydolph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Heard Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakwood Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Refugio.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5697 <2>
    • San Antonio Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Refugio
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blanconia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Blanconia is located in Bee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
    • Former names for Blanconia:
    • Dark Corners
    • Pull Tight
  • Fannin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lamar
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lamar is located in Aransas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
  • Long Mott
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Aloe
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Aloe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
  • Seadrift
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Placedo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Guadalupe
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Fulton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Victoria
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Rockport
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Berclair
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Vidaurri ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vidaurri.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Vidaurri:

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 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.
<3>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 Vidaurri, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Vidaurri) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.