Welcome to San Luis ...
So far, we found very little information about San Luis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added San Luis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Luis, please Contact Us.
San Luis was located on the Gulf Coast.
San Luis would have been located within present day Brazoria County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of San Luis, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of San Luis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.
Time Zone: The area where San Luis was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named San Luis ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named San Luis - they are located in Arizona (2), California, Colorado and New Mexico.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Luis.
Communities near San Luis ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near San Luis.
- Lake Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jackson
- Lake Jackson is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Jackson <5>
- Angleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angleton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angleton
- Angleton is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,521 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angleton <5>
- Freeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <5>
- Clute
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clute have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clute
- Clute is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,724 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clute <5>
- Richwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Richwood is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,015 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <5>
- Danbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Danbury is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <5>
- Oyster Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
- Oyster Creek is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Jamaica Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamaica Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Beach
- Jamaica Beach is located in Galveston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamaica Beach <5>
- Tiki Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiki Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiki Island
- Tiki Island is located in Galveston County
- 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 <5>
- Surfside Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surfside Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside Beach
- Surfside Beach is located in Brazoria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surfside Beach <5>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around San Luis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Luis.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Luis. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Luis.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Luis. See our Newspapers Page for San Luis.
Adding San Luis to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of San Luis in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for San Luis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the San Luis post office opened in 1840.
We also found San Luis in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for San Luis.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brazoria County: www.brazoria-county.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Luis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brazoria, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |