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 Carter Settlement (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 Carter Settlement. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Carter Settlement is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Chambers, Hardin, Harris, Montgomery, Polk & San Jacinto.
Below are the counties that are near Carter Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carter Settlement:
- Liberty County (The home county of Carter Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Plum Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Coushatta Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coushatta Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coushatta Village
- North Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Gum Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Dayton Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton Lakes is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Kenefick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kenefick is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenefick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
- Rayburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rayburn is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Mariam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mariam is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariam
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Africa ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Hardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Old River - Winfree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Old River - Winfree is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old River - Winfree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
- Mont Belvieu
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Batson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Votaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thicket
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saratoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bragg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Huffman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Village
- Greentree Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greentree Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village
- Bear Branch Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Branch Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Village
- Hunter Ridge Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Ridge Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Ridge Village
- Sherwood Trails Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Hills Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Atascocita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Humble
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Intercontinental Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Roman Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roman Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roman Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,035 people
- Splendora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Patton Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patton Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
- Woodbranch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Woodbranch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbranch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- New Caney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Porter
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Grangerland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Porter Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
- Cut and Shoot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Woodloch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Chateau Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Oak Ridge North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Ace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Schwab City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Schwab City is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
- Swartout ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swartout is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout
- Lamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lamont is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- San Jacinto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Shepherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Coldspring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Laurel Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carter Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Carter Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Carter Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carter Settlement.
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 Carter Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carter Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Ryan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lums Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McGinnis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boothe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wells Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mizell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Splendora Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- St. Annes Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Squier Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Roark Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linney Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Carter Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carter Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carter Settlement, with the one closest to Carter Settlement listed first.
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keno is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Caney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huffman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ames
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ames is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
- Humble
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moss Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moss Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
- Goodrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Coldspring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sheldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sheldon is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Mont Belvieu
(27 miles [43.5 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 Carter Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carter Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Carter Settlement ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carter Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carter Settlement, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carter Settlement.
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 Carter Settlement:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Liberty County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Hardin County
- Harris County
- Montgomery County
- Polk County
- San Jacinto 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 Carter Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carter Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |