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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 Abercrombie (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 Abercrombie. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Abercrombie is located in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County: Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda & Wharton.

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

  • Brazoria County     (The home county of Abercrombie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abercrombie, with the one closest to Abercrombie listed first.
    • Sweeny
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Old Ocean
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wild Peach Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
    • West Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Danciger
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brazoria
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • East Columbia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Columbia is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Columbia
    • Damon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bailey's Prairie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bailey's Prairie is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey's Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
    • Jones Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lake Jackson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Holiday Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abercrombie, with the one closest to Abercrombie listed first.
    • Guy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Four Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Four Corners is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Needville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fairchilds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fairchilds is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchilds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
  • Matagorda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abercrombie, with the one closest to Abercrombie listed first.
    • Cedar Lane
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Caney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Caney is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
    • Van Vleck
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Chalmers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Chalmers is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
    • Pledger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McCroskey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • McCroskey is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCroskey
    • Sargent
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Elliott ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott has also been known as:
      • Elliott's
    • Wadsworth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Markham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gulf ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abercrombie, with the one closest to Abercrombie listed first.
    • Newgulf
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lane City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Danevang
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wharton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mackay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackay is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
    • Pierce
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Abercrombie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abercrombie.

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

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

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

  • Boone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sweeny Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Morris Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hudgins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Green Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jaden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Free System Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Berean Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (66 more) ...

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 Abercrombie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Abercrombie.

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

  • Caney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Caney is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
  • Brazoria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hinkles Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
  • Pledger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elliott ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Elliott has also been known as:
    • Elliott's
  • Chenango
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
  • Velasco
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
  • Oyster Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
  • Ashby
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Matagorda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Quintana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Wharton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Mackay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackay is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay

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

Newspapers Published in Abercrombie ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abercrombie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abercrombie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abercrombie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Abercrombie:

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