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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 Spanish Grant North (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 Spanish Grant North. 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 hospitals and 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.

Spanish Grant North 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 Spanish Grant North. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spanish Grant North:

  • Galveston County     (The home county of Spanish Grant North)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.
    • Tiki Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Jamaica Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Vista
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Galveston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas City Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
    • La Marque
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hitchcock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Texas City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Port Bolivar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Fe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Arcadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
    • Dickinson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brazoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.
    • San Luis ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • San Luis is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis
    • Hillcrest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
    • Liverpool
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alvin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Danbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Surfside Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bastrop Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bastrop Beach is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bastrop Beach
    • Woodcreek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
    • Oyster Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 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
    • Angleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Chambers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.
    • Smith Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Smith Point is located in Chambers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
    • Seabrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Shoreacres
      (27 miles [43.5 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
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.
    • Mystic Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Mystic Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
    • Nassau Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Webster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • El Lago
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Taylor Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Baybrook Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Baybrook Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook Village
    • Clear Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gateway Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Gateway Village is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway Village
    • La Porte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spanish Grant North, see our County-by-County Page for Spanish Grant North.

Cemeteries Near Spanish Grant North ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spanish Grant North.

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 Spanish Grant North - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spanish Grant North covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.

  • Galveston Municipal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Beth Jacob Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Municipal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Serbian Orthodox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serbian Orthodox Cemetery
    • The Serbian Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Serbian Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Greek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • La Marque Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mainland Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rising Star Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...

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 Spanish Grant North in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spanish Grant North.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Spanish Grant North, with the one closest to Spanish Grant North listed first.

  • Virginia Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
  • Galveston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • La Marque
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Arcadia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arcadia is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Dickinson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Liverpool
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Smith Point
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Point is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
  • Alvin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Oyster Creek
    (29 miles [46.7 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

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

Newspapers Published in Spanish Grant North ...

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 200 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spanish Grant North.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spanish Grant North, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spanish Grant North.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Spanish Grant North:

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 Spanish Grant North, 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- Spanish Grant North) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.