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 Spenwick Place (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 Spenwick Place. 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 Spenwick Place ...
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 Spenwick Place: Spenwick Pl. (or less commonly used: Spenwick Plc.)
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 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.
Spenwick Place 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 Spenwick Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spenwick Place:
- Harris County (The home county of Spenwick Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Deer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- La Porte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gateway Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gateway Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway Village
- Morgan's Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morgan's Point is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan's Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Taylor Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Parkland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parkland Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
- Channelview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- El Lago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mystic Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mystic Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
- Pasadena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meadow Creek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadow Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek Village
- Brazoria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Woodcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodcreek is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Pearland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Oaks Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Westwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Fairway Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fairway Village is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Alvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Manvel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Colony is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,888 people
- Liverpool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Brazoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Shoreacres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shoreacres is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreacres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Baytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seabrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beach City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beach City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Mont Belvieu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Old River - Winfree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Smith Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Point is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
- Wallisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anahuac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Double Bayou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Double Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bayou
- Turtle Bayou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
- Hankamer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Fresno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hawdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hawdon is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawdon
- Hawdon has also been known as:
- Hawdon Junction
- Juliff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Juliff is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliff
- Sienna Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sienna Plantation is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sienna Plantation
- Fifth Street
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fifth Street is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Street
- Missouri City Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Missouri City Estates is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri City Estates
- Missouri City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dewalt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dewalt is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewalt
- Stafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trammels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trammels is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammels
- Meadows Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Galveston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Clear Lake Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Shore Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- South Shore Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shore Village
- Kemah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- League City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parkwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkwood Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Village
- Quaker Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Bacliff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dickinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel Village is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- San Leon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Santa Fe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Stilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stilson is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
- Gum Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spenwick Place, see our County-by-County Page for Spenwick Place.
Cemeteries Near Spenwick Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spenwick Place.
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 Spenwick Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spenwick Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Betheny Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- La Porte Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Porte Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the La Porte Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in La Porte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4707 <2>
- Cedarhurst Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhurst Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedarhurst Cemetery is located in La Porte.
- The Cedarhurst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Hurst Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277733 <2>
- DeZavalla Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Larrabee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seabrook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill of Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Jacinto Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Park East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Cedar Crest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Spenwick Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spenwick Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spenwick Place, with the one closest to Spenwick Place listed first.
- Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Genoa is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Red Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Cedar Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Bayou is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bayou
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Magnolia Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Park is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Dickinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sheldon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sheldon is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mont Belvieu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pierce Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pierce Junction is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- La Marque
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spenwick Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spenwick Place.
Newspapers Published in Spenwick Place ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spenwick Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spenwick Place, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spenwick Place.
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 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 Spenwick Place:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brazoria County
- Chambers County
- Fort Bend County
- Galveston County
- Liberty 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 Spenwick Place, 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- Spenwick Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |