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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 Lake Jackson Farms (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 Lake Jackson Farms. 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 Lake Jackson Farms ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Jackson Farms: Lk. Jackson Farms

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Lake Jackson Farms is located in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County: Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda & Wharton.

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

  • Brazoria County     (The home county of Lake Jackson Farms)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Jackson Farms, with the one closest to Lake Jackson Farms listed first.
    • Lake Jackson
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jackson
      • Lake Jackson is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Jackson <2>
    • Richwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Richwood is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,015 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <2>
    • Clute
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clute have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clute
      • Clute is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clute <2>
    • Bailey's Prairie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey's Prairie
      • Bailey's Prairie is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
    • Jones Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Brazoria
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bastrop Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop Beach
      • Bastrop Beach is located in Brazoria County
    • Angleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angleton
      • Angleton is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,521 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angleton <2>
    • Oyster Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
      • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
    • Velasco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
      • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
    • Wild Peach Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Peach Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
      • Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
    • East Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Columbia
      • East Columbia is located in Brazoria County
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Jackson Farms, with the one closest to Lake Jackson Farms listed first.
    • Juliff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliff
      • Juliff is located in Fort Bend County
    • Guy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
      • Guy is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guy <2>
    • Hawdon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawdon
      • Hawdon is located in Fort Bend County
      • Hawdon has also been known as:
      • Hawdon Junction
    • Sienna Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sienna Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sienna Plantation
      • Sienna Plantation is located in Fort Bend County
    • Arcola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Arcola is located in Fort Bend County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,775 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <2>
  • Matagorda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Jackson Farms, with the one closest to Lake Jackson Farms listed first.
    • Cedar Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lane
      • Cedar Lane is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Lane <2>
    • Sargent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Caney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
      • Caney is located in Matagorda County
    • Van Vleck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pledger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pledger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
      • Pledger is located in Matagorda County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pledger <2>
    • Bay City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
      • Bay City is located in Matagorda County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <2>
    • Chalmers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
      • Chalmers is located in Matagorda County
    • McCroskey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCroskey
      • McCroskey is located in Matagorda County
  • Wharton County
    • Newgulf
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Jackson Farms ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Jackson Farms.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Jackson Farms, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Jackson Farms.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lake Jackson Farms:

Cemeteries Near Lake Jackson Farms ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Jackson Farms.

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 Lake Jackson Farms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Jackson Farms, with the one closest to Lake Jackson Farms 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>

While we didn't find Lake Jackson Farms in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Jackson Farms.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Jackson Farms, with the one closest to Lake Jackson Farms listed first.

  • Brazoria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hinkles Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinkles Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
    • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
  • Velasco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
    • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
  • Oyster Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
    • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
  • Quintana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chenango
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chenango have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
    • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
  • Bonney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
    • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Liverpool
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandy Point
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
    • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Caney
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
    • Caney is located in Matagorda County
  • Alvin
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Pledger
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pledger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pledger
    • Pledger is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pledger <2>

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

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

The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/

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>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- Lake Jackson Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Jackson Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0577, Longitude: -95.4716       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Jackson Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Lake Jackson Farms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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