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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 La Marque (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 La Marque. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

La Marque is located in Galveston County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Galveston County: Brazoria & Harris.

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

  • Galveston County     (The home county of La Marque)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Marque, with the one closest to La Marque listed first.
    • Texas City Terminal Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas City Terminal Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Terminal Junction
      • Texas City Terminal Junction is located in Galveston County
    • Texas City Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas City Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
      • Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
    • Bayou Vista
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Vista
      • Bayou Vista is located in Galveston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,637 people
    • Hitchcock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Texas City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Tiki Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiki Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiki Island
      • Tiki Island is located in Galveston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,072 people
      • Tiki Island has also been known as:
      • Village of Tiki Island
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiki Island <2>
    • Dickinson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
      • Dickinson is located in Galveston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickinson <2>
    • Santa Fe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Fe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
      • Santa Fe is located in Galveston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Fe <2>
    • San Leon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bacliff
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kemah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kemah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemah
      • Kemah is located in Galveston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemah <2>
    • Galveston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Marque, with the one closest to La Marque listed first.
    • Hillcrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Alvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <2>
    • Liverpool
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Woodcreek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Westwood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
    • San Luis ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Luis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis
      • San Luis is located in Brazoria County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to San Luis
      • From La Marque to San Luis
    • Pearland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
    • Danbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
      • Danbury is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <2>
    • Manvel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manvel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <2>
    • Brookside Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
      • Brookside Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookside Village <2>
    • Fairway Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
  • Chambers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Marque, with the one closest to La Marque listed first.
    • Seabrook
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Shoreacres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoreacres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
      • Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Smith Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Baytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baytown
      • Baytown is located in Chambers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baytown <2>
    • Beach City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach City
      • Beach City is located in Chambers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
    • Double Bayou
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Marque, with the one closest to La Marque listed first.
    • Fresno
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno
      • Fresno is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fresno <2>
    • Juliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Marque, with the one closest to La Marque listed first.
    • Nassau Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nassau Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Bay
      • Nassau Bay is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,907 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau Bay <2>
    • El Lago
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Lago have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Lago
      • El Lago is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,736 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Lago <2>
    • Mystic Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
      • Mystic Village is located in Harris County
    • Webster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Webster is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,291 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webster <2>
    • Taylor Lake Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Lake Village
      • Taylor Lake Village is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,490 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor Lake Village <2>
    • Baybrook Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baybrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
      • Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
    • Clear Lake City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake City
      • Clear Lake City is located in Harris County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clear Lake City <2>
    • Gateway Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gateway Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway Village
      • Gateway Village is located in Harris County
    • La Porte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Morgan's Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan's Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan's Point
      • Morgan's Point is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
    • Parkland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
      • Deer Park is located in Harris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,913 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <2>

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

Cemeteries Near La Marque ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Marque.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, La Marque had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, La Marque had a population of 17,642 people.

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

  • Virginia Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
    • Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
  • Dickinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
    • Dickinson is located in Galveston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,216 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickinson <2>
  • Arcadia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
  • Galveston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Alvin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <2>
  • Liverpool
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Genoa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genoa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Genoa is located in Harris County
  • Red Bluff
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
    • Red Bluff is located in Harris County
  • Cedar Bayou
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Bonney
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
    • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bonney
    • From La Marque to Bonney
  • Lynchburg
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Lynchburg is located in Harris County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of La Marque ...

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 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Marque.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of La Marque. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of La Marque and those printed in the larger area surrounding La Marque.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<6> of La Marque.

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 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 La Marque:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for La Marque. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Galveston County: www.co.galveston.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 La Marque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- La Marque) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Marque. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3686, Longitude: -94.9717    









 

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