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 Ponderosa Forest (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 Ponderosa Forest. 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 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.
Ponderosa Forest 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 Ponderosa Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ponderosa Forest:
- Harris County (The home county of Ponderosa Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Oak Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek Village
- Bammel
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bammel is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bammel
- Klein
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Forest
- Forest North
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest North is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest North
- Greenfield Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Village
- Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbrook
- Deco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Louetta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Louetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louetta
- Sandpiper Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandpiper Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpiper Village
- Pinewood Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Place
- North Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Mission Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Cinco Ranch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Clodine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Meadows Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Missouri City Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Town West
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Katy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Pin Oak Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fifth Street
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Sugar Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grimes County
- Todd Mission
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Plum Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Gum Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Oak Ridge North
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chateau Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- The Woodlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Porter Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
- Woodloch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Porter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Grangerland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Caney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Conroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waller County
- Fields Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ponderosa Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Ponderosa Forest.
Cemeteries Near Ponderosa Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ponderosa Forest.
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 Ponderosa Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ponderosa Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Glameyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ehrhardt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Budde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wunsche Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Klein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDougle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mueschke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eastman Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Hill Cemetery
- The Calvary Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eternity Park Cemetery
- Forest Lawn North Cemetery
- Eternity Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bonin Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Houston National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Houston National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Houston.
- The Houston National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Veterans Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109415 <2>
- Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Peaceful Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Ponderosa Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ponderosa Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ponderosa Forest, with the one closest to Ponderosa Forest listed first.
- Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aldine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Humble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Egypt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Egypt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Rose Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Piney Point Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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>
- New Caney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Addicks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jeanetta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jeanetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeanetta
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Conroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Hockley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ponderosa Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ponderosa Forest.
Newspapers Published in Ponderosa Forest ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ponderosa Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ponderosa Forest, 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 Ponderosa Forest.
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 Ponderosa Forest:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fort Bend County
- Grimes County
- Liberty County
- Montgomery County
- Waller 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 Ponderosa Forest, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ponderosa Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |