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 Windsor Forest (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 Windsor Forest. 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 Windsor Forest ...
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 Windsor Forest: Windsor Frst.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Windsor Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Windsor Forest.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Windsor Forest 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 Windsor Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windsor Forest:
- Harris County (The home county of Windsor Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Forest North
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest North is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest North
- Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bammel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bammel is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bammel
- Klein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Creek Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Creek Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek Village
- Pinewood Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Place
- Sandpiper Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandpiper Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpiper Village
- Greenwood Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Forest is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Forest
- Louetta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louetta is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louetta
- Hufsmith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenfield Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Village
- Deco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Bend County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Mission Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Bend is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bend
- Cinco Ranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cinco Ranch is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Ranch
- Clodine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Katy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Katy is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <1>
- Pin Oak Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pin Oak Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oak Village
- West Oaks Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Oaks Village is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oaks Village
- Meadows Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Town West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Town West is located in Fort Bend County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town West
- Grimes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Todd Mission
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Plantersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Plum Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Gum Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- North Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Oak Ridge North
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chateau Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- The Woodlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Woodloch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Porter Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Heights
- Porter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grangerland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Caney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Waller County
- Fields Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fields Store is located in Waller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Store
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Windsor Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Windsor Forest.
Cemeteries Near Windsor Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsor Forest.
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 Windsor Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windsor Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Budde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wunsche Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Peaceful Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonin Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klein Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glameyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McDougle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ehrhardt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mueschke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Hill Cemetery
- The Calvary Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eternity Park Cemetery
- Forest Lawn North Cemetery
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Eternity Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Huckabee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willow Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Windsor Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Windsor Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windsor Forest, with the one closest to Windsor Forest listed first.
- Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Egypt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Aldine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Humble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Cypress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Caney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Conroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Piney Point Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Piney Point Village is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,416 people
- Piney Point Village has also been known as:
- Piney Point
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piney Point Village <1>
- Huffman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Addicks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Addicks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addicks
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Willis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hockley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windsor Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windsor Forest.
Newspapers Published in Windsor Forest ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windsor Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Windsor Forest, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Windsor Forest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Windsor Forest:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fort Bend County
- Grimes County
- Liberty County
- Montgomery County
- Waller 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 Windsor Forest, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsor Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |