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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 Crosby (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 Crosby. 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.

Crosby 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 Crosby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crosby:

  • Harris County     (The home county of Crosby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
    • Barrett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sheldon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sheldon is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Highlands
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Huffman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Atascocita
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Channelview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Winterwood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Winterwood Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood Village
    • Cedar Bayou
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chaparral Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chaparral Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral Village
    • Cloverleaf
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Greentree Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Greentree Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village
    • Hunter Ridge Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hunter Ridge Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Ridge Village
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
    • Woodcreek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Brookside Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Westwood Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
  • Chambers County
  • Galveston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
    • Clear Lake Shores
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Kemah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kemah is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemah <1>
    • South Shore Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
    • League City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Quaker Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
    • Bacliff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Friendswood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Parkwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
    • San Leon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crosby, with the one closest to Crosby listed first.
    • Stilson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gum Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dayton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moss Bluff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Kenefick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Kenefick is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenefick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
    • Liberty
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Plum Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
    • Ames
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dayton Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dayton Lakes is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Raywood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Hardin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodson is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
  • Montgomery County

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

Cemeteries Near Crosby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crosby.

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

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

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

  • Lynch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Crosby Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Huffman Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Earthman Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Huffman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • DeZavalla Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • San Jacinto Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Busch Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fisher Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Crosby had a post office and railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Crosby ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crosby.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Crosby. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Crosby and those printed in the larger area surrounding Crosby.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of Crosby.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Crosby:

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 Crosby, 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 from Point A (ie- Crosby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.