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 Mission Bend South (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 Mission Bend South. 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 Mission Bend South ...
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 Mission Bend South: Mission Bnd. South
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 doctors and 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.
Mission Bend South 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 Mission Bend South. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mission Bend South:
- Fort Bend County (The home county of Mission Bend South)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Mission Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Clodine
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Oaks Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Town West
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Cinco Ranch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Meadows Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Pecan Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Harlem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- New Territory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Sugar Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Missouri City Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Brazos Country
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brazos Country is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos Country
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Wallis
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frydek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- San Felipe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sealy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Fairway Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Brookside Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Iowa Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
- West Oaks Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Manvel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Pearland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lochridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
- Westwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Rosharon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Damon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Galveston County
- Quaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Catalina Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Catalina Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
- Westpark Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westpark Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
- Alief
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ashford Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashford Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
- Parkway Villages
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
- Brays Village East
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brays Village East is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Village East
- Addicks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Barker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westlake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westlake Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Westlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Buckner Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buckner Haven is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Haven
- Bunker Hill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,901 people
- Montgomery County
- Stagecoach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Brookshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pattison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clemons
(24 miles [38.6 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 Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- East Bernard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nottawa is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mission Bend South, see our County-by-County Page for Mission Bend South.
Cemeteries Near Mission Bend South ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mission Bend South.
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 Mission Bend South - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mission Bend South covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Alief Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Addicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Czech Moravian Brethren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Houston.
- The Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Park West Cemetery
- Forest Park Cemetery
- Forest Park West Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #162130 <2>
- New Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Oaks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bear Creek Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Briscoe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Grabiel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Mission Bend South in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mission Bend South.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mission Bend South, with the one closest to Mission Bend South listed first.
- Clodine
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Addicks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Harlem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Sugar Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jeanetta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Foster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Piney Point Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Crabb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
- Rosenberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fulshear
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thompsons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pierce Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mission Bend South. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mission Bend South.
Newspapers Published in Mission Bend South ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mission Bend South.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mission Bend South, 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 Mission Bend South.
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 Mission Bend South:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fort Bend County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Brazoria County
- Galveston County
- Harris County
- Montgomery County
- Waller County
- Wharton 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 Mission Bend South, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mission Bend South) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |