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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Woodward. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Woodward to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Woodward, please Contact Us.

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 Woodward (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 Woodward. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Woodward is historic, it would have been located within present day La Salle 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 La Salle County: Atascosa, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, McMullen, Webb & Zavala.

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

  • La Salle County     (The home county of Woodward)
  • Dimmit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodward, with the one closest to Woodward listed first.
    • Big Wells
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Wells
      • Big Wells is located in Dimmit County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Wells <3>
    • Brundage
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brundage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundage
      • Brundage is located in Dimmit County
    • Catarina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Asherton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Carrizo Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Frio County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodward, with the one closest to Woodward listed first.
    • Dilley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
      • Dilley is located in Frio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <3>
    • Hilltop
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Frio County
      • Hilltop has also been known as:
      • Hilltop Colonia
    • Divot ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Derby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearsall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
      • Pearsall is located in Frio County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <3>
    • West Pearsall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
      • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • North Pearsall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
      • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
  • Zavala County
    • Chula Vista - River Spur
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Woodward ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodward.

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

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

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

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

  • Cotulla
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotulla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotulla
    • Cotulla is located in La Salle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,133 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotulla <3>
  • Millett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dilley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
    • Dilley is located in Frio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <3>
  • Derby
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearsall
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearsall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall
    • Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearsall <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Woodward ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodward.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodward, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodward.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Woodward:

The official website for La Salle County: www.co.la-salle.tx.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Woodward, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodward) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodward. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5338, Longitude: -99.3207    









 

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