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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 Harvest Meadows (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 Harvest Meadows. 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.

Name Variations for Harvest Meadows ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Harvest Meadows: Harvest Mdws.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Harris County     (The home county of Harvest Meadows)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvest Meadows, with the one closest to Harvest Meadows listed first.
    • Woodedge Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Woodedge Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodedge Village
    • North Houston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Deco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jersey Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hudson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hudson is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Greenwood Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenwood Forest is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Forest
    • Northmead Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Northmead Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmead Village
    • Greenfield Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Greenfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Village
    • Louetta ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Louetta is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louetta
    • Concord Bridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord Bridge is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Bridge
    • Middlegate Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Middlegate Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlegate Village
    • Garden City Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden City Park is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvest Meadows, with the one closest to Harvest Meadows listed first.
    • Brookside Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairway Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
    • West Oaks Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Pearland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvest Meadows, with the one closest to Harvest Meadows listed first.
    • Mission Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
    • Cinco Ranch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
    • Clodine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Town West
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Town West is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
    • Katy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
    • Pin Oak Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
    • Meadows Place
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Missouri City Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
    • Stafford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Fifth Street
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
  • Grimes County
    • Todd Mission
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvest Meadows, with the one closest to Harvest Meadows listed first.
    • The Woodlands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Oak Ridge North
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stagecoach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
    • Shenandoah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Chateau Woods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
    • Pinehurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Porter Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
    • Woodloch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Porter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Karen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Karen is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvest Meadows, with the one closest to Harvest Meadows listed first.
    • Brookshire
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fields Store
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fields Store is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
    • Prairie View
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clemons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
    • Pine Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pine Island is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people

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

Cemeteries Near Harvest Meadows ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harvest Meadows.

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 Harvest Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Perry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Dowdell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Knigge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Roeder Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Paradise North Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Houston National Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston National Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Houston National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Houston.
    • The Houston National Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109415 <2>
  • Clow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Meyer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Muller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ehrhardt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McDougle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cemetery Beautiful
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cemetery Beautiful
    • The Cemetery Beautiful has also been known as:
    • Beautiful Cemetery
    • Paradise Beautiful Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2834 <2>
  • Continue List   (160 more) ...
    • Restlawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastman Resthaven Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Glameyer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Cypress
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Aldine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Westfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Westfield is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Addicks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Addicks is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
  • Piney Point Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Spring
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Hill is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Jeanetta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jeanetta is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
  • Clodine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Houston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Humble
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hockley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Egypt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Egypt is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Pierce Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
    • Stafford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Harvest Meadows:

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 Harvest Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.