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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 San Leon Station (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 San Leon Station. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

San Leon Station 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 San Leon Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Leon Station:

  • Galveston County     (The home county of San Leon Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.
    • Bacliff
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • San Leon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickinson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kemah
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kemah is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemah <1>
    • South Shore Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
    • Clear Lake Shores
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • La Marque
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Texas City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • League City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hitchcock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Texas City Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
    • Bayou Vista
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Vista is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,637 people
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.
    • Hillcrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
    • Alvin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Woodcreek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
    • Pearland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Westwood Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Liverpool
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Oaks Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
    • Brookside Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Fairway Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
    • Manvel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Manvel is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <1>
    • Iowa Colony
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
    • Danbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chambers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.
    • Seabrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoreacres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Smith Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Smith Point is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
    • Baytown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Beach City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Beach City is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
    • Cove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Cove is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Double Bayou
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Double Bayou is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bayou
    • Mont Belvieu
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Anahuac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Old River - Winfree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Old River - Winfree is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old River - Winfree
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
    • Wallisville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Bend County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.
    • Fresno
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Arcola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Arcola is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,775 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcola <1>
    • Hawdon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hawdon is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawdon
      • Hawdon has also been known as:
      • Hawdon Junction
    • Juliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Juliff is located in Fort Bend County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliff
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.
    • Mystic Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Mystic Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
    • El Lago
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nassau Bay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor Lake Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Webster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Lake City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gateway Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Gateway Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway Village
    • Baybrook Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
    • La Porte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Morgan's Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Morgan's Point is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan's Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
    • Deer Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Genoa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Genoa is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Leon Station, see our County-by-County Page for San Leon Station.

Cemeteries Near San Leon Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Leon Station.

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 San Leon Station - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Leon Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station 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 San Leon Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Leon Station.

These communities are listed based on their distance from San Leon Station, with the one closest to San Leon Station listed first.

  • Dickinson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • La Marque
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Arcadia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Virginia Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
  • Smith Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Smith Point is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
  • Galveston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Alvin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Genoa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Genoa is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
  • Red Bluff
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Bluff is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Liverpool
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Bayou
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Bayou is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bayou
  • Lynchburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lynchburg is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Harrisburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrisburg is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Double Bayou
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Double Bayou is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bayou
    • Magnolia Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park

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

Newspapers Published in San Leon Station ...

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 164 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Leon Station.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Leon Station, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Leon Station.

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 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 San Leon Station:

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 San Leon Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Leon Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.