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 Braeswood (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 Braeswood. 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 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.
Braeswood 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 Braeswood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braeswood:
- Harris County (The home county of Braeswood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- West University Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southside Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Southside Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside Place
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,885 people
- Southside Place has also been known as:
- South Side Place
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southside Place <1>
- Bellaire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Houston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Canterbury Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
- Cambridge Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Village
- Post Oak Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Magnolia Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Hilshire Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilshire Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilshire Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Hunters Creek Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Piney Point Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Bunker Hill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,901 people
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Brookside Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- West Oaks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Pearland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Woodcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Manvel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Iowa Colony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
- Alvin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Rosharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Lochridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Shoreacres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Seabrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Baytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Missouri City Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Stafford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fresno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fifth Street
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Meadows Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Missouri City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dewalt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dewalt is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewalt
- Trammels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trammels is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammels
- Town West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Arcola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- First Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
- Mission Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Galveston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Quaker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Friendswood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Parkwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- League City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Shore Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
- Kemah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dickinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Bacliff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braeswood, see our County-by-County Page for Braeswood.
Cemeteries Near Braeswood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braeswood.
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 Braeswood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braeswood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Adath Yeshurun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- College Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Houston.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3828 <2>
- Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Houston.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft Friedof
- German Society Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7491 <2>
- Magnolia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vincent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olivewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivewood Cemetery
- The Olivewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hollow Wood Cemetery
- Hollywood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136702 <2>
- Emanuel Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beth El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Hollywood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riceville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Braeswood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braeswood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braeswood, with the one closest to Braeswood listed first.
- Pierce Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
- Houston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jeanetta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Magnolia Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Piney Point Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Stafford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Red Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Bluff is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Aldine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sugar Land
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Duke is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Arcola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arcola Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arcola Junction is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola Junction
- Addicks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braeswood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braeswood.
Newspapers Published in Braeswood ...
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 248 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braeswood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Braeswood, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Braeswood.
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 Braeswood:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brazoria County
- Chambers County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Montgomery 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 Braeswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Braeswood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |