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 Covington West (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 Covington West. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Covington West is located in Fort Bend 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 Covington West. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Covington West:
- Fort Bend County (The home county of Covington West)
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Town West
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Meadows Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Mission Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Sugar Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Missouri City Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Stafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clodine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Oaks Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- First Colony
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
- Fifth Street
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- New Territory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Brazos Country
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Wallis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Frydek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- San Felipe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Fairway Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Iowa Colony
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Brookside Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Oaks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Manvel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pearland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Lochridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
- Rosharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Bonney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bonney is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Galveston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Quaker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Carmel Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Friendswood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Catalina Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Catalina Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
- Alief
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ashford Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ashford Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
- Westpark Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westpark Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
- Brays Village East
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Village East is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
- Parkway Villages
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
- Cambridge Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cambridge Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Village
- Post Oak Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
- Addicks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Buckner Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buckner Haven is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Haven
- Bunker Hill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Piney Point Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Brookshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pattison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clemons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Wharton County
- East Bernard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Covington West, see our County-by-County Page for Covington West.
Cemeteries Near Covington West ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Covington West.
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 Covington West - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Covington West covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- New Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alief Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Emanuel Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Addicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Czech Moravian Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Sandberry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dewalt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Grabiel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Covington West in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Covington West.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Covington West, with the one closest to Covington West listed first.
- Sugar Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clodine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Jeanetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crabb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
- Piney Point Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Addicks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Thompsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Duke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Foster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rosenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arcola Junction is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola Junction
- Arcola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Covington West. See our List of 1890's Communities around Covington West.
Newspapers Published in Covington West ...
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 Covington West.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Covington West, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Covington West.
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 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 Covington West:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fort Bend County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Brazoria County
- Galveston County
- Harris County
- Waller 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> | 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 Covington West, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Covington West) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |