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 Fondren Southwest (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 Fondren Southwest. 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 doctors 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.
Fondren Southwest 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 Fondren Southwest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fondren Southwest:
- Harris County (The home county of Fondren Southwest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Cambridge Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Village
- Bellaire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Village East
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brays Village East is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
- Post Oak Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Village
- Southside Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southside Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside Place
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,885 people
- Southside Place has also been known as:
- South Side Place
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southside Place <1>
- Alief
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Point Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- West University Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catalina Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Catalina Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
- Buckner Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buckner Haven is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Haven
- Bunker Hill Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
- Ashford Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashford Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
- Canterbury Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canterbury Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Fairway Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Brookside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Oaks Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Iowa Colony
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Manvel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pearland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Woodcreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Sandy Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Lochridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
- Rosharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Alvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bonney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bonney is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Seabrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shoreacres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Missouri City Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Stafford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fifth Street
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Meadows Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Missouri City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Town West
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Dewalt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dewalt is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewalt
- Sugar Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trammels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Trammels is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammels
- First Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- First Colony is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
- Mission Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Fresno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Galveston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Carmel Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Friendswood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Parkwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- League City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Shore Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Brookshire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pattison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fondren Southwest, see our County-by-County Page for Fondren Southwest.
Cemeteries Near Fondren Southwest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fondren Southwest.
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 Fondren Southwest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fondren Southwest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Emanuel Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alief Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dewalt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Addicks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Czech Moravian Brethren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Adath Yeshurun Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beth El Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Fondren Southwest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fondren Southwest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fondren Southwest, with the one closest to Fondren Southwest listed first.
- Stafford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jeanetta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Piney Point Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Sugar Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
- Clodine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Duke is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Arcola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arcola Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arcola Junction is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola Junction
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Addicks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Harlem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Thompsons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crabb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
- Harrisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fondren Southwest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fondren Southwest.
Newspapers Published in Fondren Southwest ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fondren Southwest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fondren Southwest, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fondren Southwest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Fondren Southwest:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brazoria County
- Chambers County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Waller 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 Fondren Southwest, 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 from Point A (ie- Fondren Southwest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |