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 Brazos Country (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 Brazos Country. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Brazos Country is located in Austin 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 Austin County: Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington & Wharton.
Below are the counties that are near Brazos Country. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brazos Country:
- Austin County (The home county of Brazos Country)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Frydek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- San Felipe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sealy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wallis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rexville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rexville is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
- Millheim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Bellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cat Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Kenney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- New Wehdem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Wehdem is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wehdem
- New Ulm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Eagle Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ramsey is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Matthews
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Alleyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Altair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boedecker Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boedecker Junction is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boedecker Junction
- Eldridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eldridge is located in Colorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
- Garwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Simonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weston Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
- Fulshear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Katy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Cinco Ranch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Powell Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Powell Point is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Point
- Beasley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cumings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
- Pecan Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosenberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Westfield Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
- Westlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westlake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Westlake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westlake Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Settlers Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Settlers Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Barker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Deerfield Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
- Waller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hockley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Addicks
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Pine Forest Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
- Copperfield Southcreek Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parkway Villages
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Brookshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pattison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clemons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Pine Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Island is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
- Hempstead
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prairie View
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Fields Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
- Washington County
- Chappell Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- East Bernard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nottawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nottawa is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
- Lissie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hungerford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bonus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonus is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
- Egypt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Flora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wharton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brazos Country, see our County-by-County Page for Brazos Country.
Cemeteries Near Brazos Country ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brazos Country.
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 Brazos Country - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brazos Country covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- Frydek Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- San Felipe de Austin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- San Felipe African American Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kholor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brookshire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pattison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clemons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hill Side Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Side Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hill Side Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Wallis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157954 <2>
- Wallis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Simonton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Cemetery
- The Simonton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Simonton Community Cemetery
- Brookshire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Wilpitz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosses Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kountze Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brazos Country in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brazos Country.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brazos Country, with the one closest to Brazos Country listed first.
- San Felipe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pattison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clemons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Sealy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fulshear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Side
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Peters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Monaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Monaville is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaville
- Foster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Millheim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- East Bernard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nottawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nottawa is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cat Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cochran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cochran is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brazos Country. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brazos Country.
Newspapers Published in Brazos Country ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brazos Country.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brazos Country, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brazos Country.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Brazos Country:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Austin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colorado County
- Fort Bend County
- Harris County
- Waller County
- Washington County
- Wharton 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- Brazos Country) 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 Brazos Country, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |