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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fort Leaton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fort Leaton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Leaton, 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 Fort Leaton (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 Fort Leaton. 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 Fort Leaton ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Leaton: Ft. Leaton
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 hospitals and 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 Fort Leaton is historic, it would have been located within present day Presidio 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 Presidio County: Brewster & Jeff Davis.
Below are the counties that are near Fort Leaton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fort Leaton:
- Presidio County (The home county of Fort Leaton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fort Leaton, with the one closest to Fort Leaton listed first.
- Presidio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidio
- Presidio is located in Presidio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presidio <2>
- Redford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Redford is located in Presidio County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redford <2>
- Ochoa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Indio ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Shafter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Shafter is located in Presidio County
- Adobes ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Casa Piedra ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Piedra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Piedra
- Casa Piedra is located in Presidio County
- Chinati ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Plata ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fort Leaton, see our County-by-County Page for Fort Leaton.
Newspapers Published in Fort Leaton ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Leaton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Leaton, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Leaton.
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 Fort Leaton:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/
- Pages specific to Presidio County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Presidio County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Texas
Cemeteries Near Fort Leaton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Leaton.
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 Fort Leaton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort Leaton, with the one closest to Fort Leaton listed first.
- Casa Blanca Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Casa Blanca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Casa Blanca Cemetery
- Campo Santo Hernandez Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo Hernandez Cemetery
- Desert Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- The Desert Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presidio Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert Hills Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6172 <5>
- Campo Santo Rodriguez Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo Rodriguez Cemetery
- Haciendita Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haciendita Cemetery
- Redford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redford Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Redford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6283 <5>
- Ochoa Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ochoa Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ochoa Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southeast of Presidio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ochoa Cemetery
- Spencer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spencer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7028 <5>
- Indio Ranch Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Indio Ranch Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the southeast of Presidio.
- The Indio Ranch Cemetery has also been known as:
- El Indio Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indio Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634511 <5>
- Adobes Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adobes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adobes Cemetery
- Adobe Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adobe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adobe Cemetery
- Chinati Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinati Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinati Cemetery
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 Fort Leaton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Leaton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fort Leaton, with the one closest to Fort Leaton listed first.
- Presidio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidio
- Presidio is located in Presidio County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Presidio <2>
- Ochoa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Shafter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
- Shafter is located in Presidio County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort Leaton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort Leaton.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Fort Leaton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Leaton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Leaton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5427, Longitude: -104.3221 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Leaton 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. |
| <6> | 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. |