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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 Danbury (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 Danbury. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Danbury is located in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County: Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda & Wharton.

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

  • Brazoria County     (The home county of Danbury)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danbury, with the one closest to Danbury listed first.
    • Liverpool
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Angleton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bastrop Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Bastrop Beach is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop Beach
    • Chenango
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
    • Bonney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Bailey's Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bailey's Prairie is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey's Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
    • Holiday Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
    • Rosharon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Richwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hillcrest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
    • Sandy Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Lake Jackson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
  • Chambers County
    • Seabrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danbury, with the one closest to Danbury listed first.
    • Juliff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Juliff is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliff
    • Hawdon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawdon is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawdon
      • Hawdon has also been known as:
      • Hawdon Junction
    • Arcola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Arcola is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,775 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <1>
    • Sienna Plantation
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sienna Plantation is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sienna Plantation
    • Fresno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Thompsons
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Trammels
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Trammels is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammels
    • Dewalt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dewalt is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewalt
    • Missouri City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Booth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Guy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fifth Street
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
    • First Colony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
  • Galveston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danbury, with the one closest to Danbury listed first.
    • Arcadia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Santa Fe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Carmel Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
    • Friendswood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hitchcock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkwood Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
    • Jamaica Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Quaker Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
    • Texas City Terminal Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dickinson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • La Marque
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • League City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayou Vista
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Vista is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,637 people
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Danbury, with the one closest to Danbury listed first.
    • Baybrook Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
    • Webster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear Lake City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nassau Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Canterbury Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Genoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Genoa is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Post Oak Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
    • Cambridge Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cambridge Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Village
    • Parkland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Parkland Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Taylor Lake Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenbrook Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook Valley is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook Valley
    • South Houston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • El Lago
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Matagorda County

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

Cemeteries Near Danbury ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Danbury.

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

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

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

  • St. Anthonys Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Danbury Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Liverpool Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Angleton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • New Revelation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Revelation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Angleton.
    • The Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518166 <2>
  • Burrel Chapel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Phair Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pilgrim Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilgrims, Knights and Daughters Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...

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 Danbury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Danbury.

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

  • Liverpool
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chenango
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
  • Bonney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Sandy Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Alvin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
  • Oyster Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
  • Arcadia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Brazoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Velasco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
  • Quintana
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Arcola Junction
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Arcola Junction is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola Junction
  • Arcola
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Arcola is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,775 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <1>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Duke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Duke is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Hinkles Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
    • Dickinson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Danbury ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Danbury.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Danbury, 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 Danbury.

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 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 Danbury:

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 '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- Danbury) 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 Danbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.