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Welcome to El Bernardo ...

El Bernardo is located on the Gulf Coast.

El Bernardo is located in Brazoria County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Bernardo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

El Bernardo is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: El Bernardo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near El Bernardo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Bernardo.

  • Lake Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Angleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Freeport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Clute
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clute is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clute
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clute <3>
  • Richwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • West Columbia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Brazoria
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Holiday Lakes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around El Bernardo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Bernardo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Bernardo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Bernardo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Bernardo. See our Newspapers Page for El Bernardo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Bernardo ...

Looking for more information about El Bernardo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to El Bernardo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for El Bernardo.

Adding El Bernardo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Bernardo in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for El Bernardo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the El Bernardo post office opened in 1926. The El Bernardo post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Bernardo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brazoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Bernardo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/