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 Bear Creek Plantation (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 Bear Creek Plantation. 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 Bear Creek Plantation ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bear Creek Plantation: Bear Crk. Plantation (or less commonly used: Bear Ck. Plantation or Bear Cr. Plantation)
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Bear Creek Plantation 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 Bear Creek Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bear Creek Plantation:
- Harris County (The home county of Bear Creek Plantation)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Highland Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Settlers Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Settlers Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Somerall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Somerall is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerall
- Copperfield Southcreek Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
- Westfield Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
- Southdown Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southdown Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown Village
- Pine Forest Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
- Bear Creek Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Middlegate Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middlegate Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlegate Village
- Concord Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Concord Bridge is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Bridge
- Northmead Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northmead Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmead Village
- Barker
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Brazos Country
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brazos Country is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Frydek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- San Felipe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wallis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sealy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Brookside Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Cinco Ranch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Katy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Pin Oak Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Clodine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Oaks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Mission Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Town West
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Pecan Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Meadows Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Fulshear
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Missouri City Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Grimes County
- Todd Mission
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Stagecoach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Pinehurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- The Woodlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge North
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Karen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Karen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen
- Chateau Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Shenandoah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Woodloch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Porter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Brookshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pattison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clemons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Pine Island
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
- Hempstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bear Creek Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Bear Creek Plantation.
Cemeteries Near Bear Creek Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bear Creek Plantation.
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 Bear Creek Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bear Creek Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Bear Creek Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knigge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Memorial Oaks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dowdell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Katy Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roeder Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fritsche Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Houston.
- The Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Park West Cemetery
- Forest Park Cemetery
- Forest Park West Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #162130 <2>
- Addicks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Czech Moravian Brethren Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Perry Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Bear Creek Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bear Creek Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bear Creek Plantation, with the one closest to Bear Creek Plantation listed first.
- Westfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Addicks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clodine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Piney Point Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Point Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,416 people
- Piney Point Village has also been known as:
- Piney Point
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piney Point Village <1>
- Hockley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jeanetta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Foster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Fulshear
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pattison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harlem
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Aldine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waller
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Land
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bear Creek Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bear Creek Plantation.
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 Bear Creek Plantation:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Brazoria County
- Fort Bend County
- Grimes County
- Montgomery County
- Waller 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> | 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 Bear Creek Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |