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 Kings Lake Forest (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 Kings Lake Forest. 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 Kings Lake Forest ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kings Lake Forest: Kings Lk. Forest
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 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.
Kings Lake Forest 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 Kings Lake Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Lake Forest:
- Harris County (The home county of Kings Lake Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Spears Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spears Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Village
- Winterwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winterwood Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood Village
- Pine Village North
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Village North is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village North
- Sheldon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sheldon is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Intercontinental Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Atascocita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Humble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Pinewood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Cloverleaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Barrett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crosby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jacinto City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Brookside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pearland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- West Oaks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Westwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Fairway Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Manvel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Baytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mont Belvieu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shoreacres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Old River - Winfree
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Old River - Winfree is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old River - Winfree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
- Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Beach City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beach City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Seabrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wallisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Missouri City Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Meadows Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Stafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fifth Street
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Fresno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Missouri City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Town West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Clodine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Quaker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Friendswood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parkwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- Clear Lake Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- League City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kemah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Shore Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
- Bacliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Gum Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Stilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stilson is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Grove
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Kenefick
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moss Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Moss Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Dayton Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ames
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ames is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Porter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Caney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Porter Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
- Roman Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roman Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roman Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,035 people
- Woodbranch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Woodbranch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbranch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Patton Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Patton Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
- Chateau Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Oak Ridge North
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Splendora
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- The Woodlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodloch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Lake Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Lake Forest.
Cemeteries Near Kings Lake Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Lake Forest.
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 Kings Lake Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Lake Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Harrington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harris County Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosewood Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Humble Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Golden Gate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Cemetery
- The Golden Gate Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Park Cemetery
- Paradise Golden Gate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #261357 <2>
- Hart - Magee - Oates - Singleton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart - Magee - Oates - Singleton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hart - Magee - Oates - Singleton Cemetery is located in Houston.
- The Hart - Magee - Oates - Singleton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oates Prairie Cemetery
- Oates - Singleton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134356 <2>
- Westcott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aldine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- San Jacinto Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morales Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adath Israel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Kings Lake Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Lake Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Lake Forest, with the one closest to Kings Lake Forest listed first.
- Sheldon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sheldon is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Humble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crosby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aldine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Huffman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Harrisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Lynchburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Red Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- New Caney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pierce Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
- Cedar Bayou
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bayou
- Genoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Lake Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Lake Forest.
Newspapers Published in Kings Lake Forest ...
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 Kings Lake Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Lake Forest, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Lake Forest.
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 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 Kings Lake Forest:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brazoria County
- Chambers County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Liberty County
- Montgomery 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 Kings Lake Forest, 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- Kings Lake Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |