RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Texas >> Fort Bend County >> McHattie >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 McHattie (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 McHattie. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

McHattie is located in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County: Austin, Brazoria, Harris, Waller & Wharton.

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

  • Fort Bend County     (The home county of McHattie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Rosenberg
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cumings
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cumings is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumings
    • Pleak
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleak is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
    • Richmond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beasley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greatwood Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Greatwood Village is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood Village
    • Harlem
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Orchard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pecan Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Fairchilds
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairchilds is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchilds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,359 people
    • Greatwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Greatwood is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greatwood
    • Fulshear
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Needville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Austin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Wallis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Brazos Country
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Brazos Country is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Frydek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Frydek is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
    • San Felipe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sealy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rexville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rexville is located in Austin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Damon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lochridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
    • Sandy Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Danciger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Iowa Colony
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
    • Rosharon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Fairway Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
    • Manvel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <1>
    • Chenango
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
    • East Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East Columbia is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Columbia
    • Holiday Lakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Holiday Lakes is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
    • West Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Colorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Matthews
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Matthews is located in Colorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
    • Eagle Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Catalina Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Catalina Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
    • Westlake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Westpark Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Westpark Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
    • Alief
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashford Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashford Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
    • Barker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Westlake Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
    • Addicks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Addicks is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
    • Brays Village East
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Brays Village East is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
    • Parkway Villages
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
    • Westfield Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Westfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
    • Deerfield Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
    • Buckner Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Buckner Haven is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Haven
  • Matagorda County
  • Waller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • Brookshire
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pattison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clemons
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Clemons is located in Waller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
  • Wharton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHattie, with the one closest to McHattie listed first.
    • East Bernard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hungerford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nottawa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nottawa is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
    • Boling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Newgulf
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Wharton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lissie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Glen Flora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Egypt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Mackay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mackay is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
    • Bonus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bonus is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonus
    • Pierce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near McHattie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McHattie.

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 McHattie - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • West Gethsemane Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • McNabb Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lightfoot Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Friedens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Modena Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • San Grabiel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Morton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Goss Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Gabriel Cemetery Annex
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Rosenberg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Richmond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Foster
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Foster is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
  • Crabb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
  • Harlem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Fulshear
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kendleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompsons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • East Bernard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sugar Land
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Clodine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hungerford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Nottawa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nottawa is located in Wharton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
    • Stafford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Addicks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Addicks is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks

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

Newspapers Published in McHattie ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around McHattie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McHattie, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McHattie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 McHattie:

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 McHattie, 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- McHattie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.