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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 Addicks (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 Addicks. 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.

Addicks is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery & Waller.

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

  • Harris County     (The home county of Addicks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Addicks, with the one closest to Addicks listed first.
    • Parkway Villages
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
    • Barker
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pine Forest Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
    • Westlake Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Bear Creek Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Deerfield Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
    • Westpark Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Westpark Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
    • Ashford Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashford Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
    • Westlake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Buckner Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Concord Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Alief
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Austin County
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Addicks, with the one closest to Addicks listed first.
    • Brookside Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairway Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
    • West Oaks Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Iowa Colony
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
    • Pearland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Manvel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <1>
    • Westwood Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Sandy Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Woodcreek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lochridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Addicks, with the one closest to Addicks listed first.
    • Mission Bend
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Clodine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Cinco Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
    • Town West
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Meadows Place
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Meadows Place is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Place
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,813 people
    • Meadows
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Pin Oak Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Katy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
    • Missouri City Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
    • Stafford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecan Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Montgomery County
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Addicks, with the one closest to Addicks listed first.
    • Brookshire
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pattison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Clemons
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Pine Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
    • Prairie View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wharton County

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

Cemeteries Near Addicks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Addicks.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Addicks, with the one closest to Addicks 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Addicks had a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

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 Addicks:

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 Addicks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.