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 Parkway West (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 Parkway West. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Parkway West 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 Parkway West. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkway West:
- Harris County (The home county of Parkway West)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Westlake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Westlake Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake Village
- Westlake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Westlake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Barker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westfield Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Village
- Deerfield Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Village
- Addicks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Settlers Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Settlers Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Village
- Pine Forest Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Forest Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest Village
- Parkway Villages
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parkway Villages is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Villages
- Highland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Bear Creek Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Copperfield Southcreek Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashford Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashford Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Village
- Austin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Brazos Country
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Frydek is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frydek
- San Felipe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wallis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sealy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rexville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rexville is located in Austin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexville
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Brookside Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Iowa Colony
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Cinco Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Pin Oak Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Katy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Katy is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
- Clodine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Mission Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Town West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Pecan Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Fulshear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- New Territory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Territory is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Territory
- Meadows Place
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Stagecoach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Pinehurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Brookshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pattison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clemons
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clemons is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
- Pine Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Island is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people
- Prairie View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Store
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
- Hempstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- East Bernard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nottawa
(29 miles [46.7 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 Parkway West, see our County-by-County Page for Parkway West.
Cemeteries Near Parkway West ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkway West.
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 Parkway West - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkway West covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Katy Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Memorial Oaks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Park - Westheimer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Addicks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Czech Moravian Brethren Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Briscoe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alief Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Home Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Knigge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Muller Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brookshire Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goss Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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 Parkway West in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkway West.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkway West, with the one closest to Parkway West listed first.
- Westfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Addicks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Clodine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulshear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Cypress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harlem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harlem is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Jeanetta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Piney Point Village
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Land
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pattison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosenberg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crabb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crabb is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabb
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkway West. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkway West.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Parkway West:
- 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 Parkway West, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |