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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 Red Fish Cove (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 Red Fish Cove. 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 Red Fish Cove ...

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 Red Fish Cove: Red Fish Cv.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Red Fish Cove is located in Galveston 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 Galveston County: Brazoria & Harris.

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

  • Galveston County     (The home county of Red Fish Cove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Fish Cove, with the one closest to Red Fish Cove listed first.
    • Jamaica Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tiki Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tiki Island is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiki Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,072 people
      • Tiki Island has also been known as:
      • Village of Tiki Island
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiki Island <1>
    • Hitchcock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Vista
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Vista is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,637 people
    • Texas City Terminal Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Arcadia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Santa Fe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • La Marque
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas City Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
    • Galveston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickinson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Fish Cove, with the one closest to Red Fish Cove listed first.
    • San Luis ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • San Luis is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis
    • Surfside Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oyster Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
    • Bastrop Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bastrop Beach is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop Beach
    • Danbury
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liverpool
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Quintana
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Velasco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
    • Freeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Clute
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Clute is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clute
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clute <1>
    • Richwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Angleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Fish Cove, with the one closest to Red Fish Cove listed first.
    • Webster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Baybrook Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
    • Nassau Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Red Fish Cove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Fish Cove.

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 Red Fish Cove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Oyster Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
  • Quintana
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Liverpool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Velasco
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Velasco is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasco
  • Arcadia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Virginia Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
  • La Marque
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Galveston
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Alvin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Alvin is located in Brazoria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alvin <1>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Chenango
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Chenango is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenango
    • Dickinson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bonney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonney is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
    • Brazoria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hinkles Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
    • Sandy Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people

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

Newspapers Published in Red Fish Cove ...

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 204 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Fish Cove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Fish Cove, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Fish Cove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Red Fish Cove:

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 Red Fish Cove, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Fish Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.