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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 Clodine (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 Clodine. 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.

Clodine is primarily located in Fort Bend County. A portion of Clodine extends into 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 Fort Bend County: Austin, Brazoria, Harris, Waller & Wharton.

Below are the counties that are near Clodine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clodine:

  • Fort Bend County     (The home county of Clodine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.
    • West Oaks Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Mission Bend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Cinco Ranch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
    • Town West
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Pecan Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Harlem
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • New Territory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
    • Meadows Place
      (7 miles [11.3 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Pin Oak Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Sugar Land
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Missouri City Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
    • Richmond
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Austin County
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.
    • Fairway Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
    • Brookside Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Iowa Colony
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
    • West Oaks Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Manvel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <1>
    • Sandy Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lochridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Westwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Damon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Rosharon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodcreek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Bonney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.
    • Ashford Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Ashford Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
    • Catalina Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Catalina Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
    • Westpark Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Westpark Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
    • Alief
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Barker
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Westlake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Westlake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Addicks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkway Villages
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
    • Brays Village East
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Brays Village East is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
    • Deerfield Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
    • Pine Forest Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
    • Buckner Haven
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery County
    • Stagecoach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.
    • Brookshire
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pattison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clemons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
  • Wharton County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clodine, see our County-by-County Page for Clodine.

Cemeteries Near Clodine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clodine.

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 Clodine - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clodine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Clodine had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Clodine, with the one closest to Clodine listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clodine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clodine.

Newspapers Published in Clodine ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clodine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clodine, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clodine.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clodine:

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 Clodine, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clodine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.