Our Genealogy Helper
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 Beach (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 Beach. 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.
Beach is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Grimes, Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto, Walker & Waller.
Below are the counties that are near Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beach:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Conroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cut and Shoot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Panorama Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
- Woodloch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Grangerland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Chateau Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- The Woodlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge North
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Danville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Grimes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Todd Mission
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Plantersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stoneham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stoneham is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Forest North
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forest North is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest North
- Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hufsmith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Place
- Klein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sandpiper Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sandpiper Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpiper Village
- Tomball
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bammel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bammel is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bammel
- Elm Grove Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Grove Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Village
- Kingwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Trails Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Hills Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- North Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Rayburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rayburn is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Gum Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- San Jacinto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Evergreen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Laurel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Coldspring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- New Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elmina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elmina is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
- Barado
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barado is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Beach.
Cemeteries Near Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beach.
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 Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Conroe Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garden Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sapp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tamina Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coplan Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Security Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Shepard Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard Hill Cemetery
- The Shepard Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Danville Shepard Hill Cemetery
- Old Danville Cemetery
- Old Danville Family Cemetery
- Shepard Cemetery
- Shephard Hill Cemetery
- Sheperd Hill Cemetery
- Shepperd Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6876 <2>
- Calvary Road Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Road Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Road Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Willis.
- The Calvary Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Plainview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394994 <2>
- Rabon Cartwright Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
- Conroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- New Waverly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Maynard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Maynard is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Caney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Evergreen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Keno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keno is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Bath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bath is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dacus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dacus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Humble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beach.
Newspapers Published in Beach ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beach, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Beach:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grimes County
- Harris County
- Liberty County
- San Jacinto County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beach) 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 Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |