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 Park Ridge (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 Park Ridge. 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 Park Ridge ...
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 Park Ridge: Park Rdg. (or less commonly used: Park Rdge. or Park Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Park Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park Ridge.
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 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.
Park Ridge 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 Park Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park Ridge:
- Harris County (The home county of Park Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Ashford Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ashford Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
- 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 east)
- Westpark Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpark Village
- Alief
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parkway Villages
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
- Addicks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Westlake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Westlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westlake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- 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
- Deerfield Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
- 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
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge 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
- Frydek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- Wallis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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 Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Fairway Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Brookside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Iowa Colony
(23 miles [37 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
- Manvel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Pearland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point
(25 miles [40.2 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
- 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
- Lochridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lochridge is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochridge
- Woodcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Rosharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Damon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Mission Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Clodine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Town West
(4 miles [6.4 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 west)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pin Oak Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Harlem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- New Territory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Sugar Land
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- Stagecoach
(29 miles [46.7 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 Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Brookshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pattison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clemons
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Wharton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- East Bernard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nottawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nottawa is located in Wharton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Park Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Park Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Ridge.
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 Park Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alief Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Memorial Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cementerio San Isidro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Briscoe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Park Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park Ridge, with the one closest to Park Ridge listed first.
- Clodine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Addicks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Harlem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Sugar Land
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeanetta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Stafford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Point Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Foster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Richmond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crabb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
- Fulshear
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rosenberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsons
(15 miles [24.1 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 Park Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Park Ridge ...
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 Park Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park Ridge, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Park Ridge.
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 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 Park Ridge:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Austin County
- Brazoria County
- Fort Bend 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 Park Ridge, 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- Park Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |