This Database of Harris County Places, Communities, Towns, and Cities is continually being updated.  As information and materials are discovered, they are being added.  If you would like to contribute to this database contact me.  Your contribution will be acknowledged and listed as a source.



Sources:
1. US Department of the Interior,  US Geological Survey,  GNIS Database.
2. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1201 Brazos, PO Box 12927, Austin TX 78711-2927
3. Texas General Land Office, 1700 North Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701-1495
4. University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Post Office Box P, Austin, TX 78713-8916
5. TSHA Online-Texas State Historical Association, 1 University Station D0901, Austin, Texas 78712-0332
6. Notes and Recollections of Harris County, Places, Communities, Towns, and Cities, Douglas Anderson
7. TXGenWeb, Index to Cities and Towns in Texas



....more to come...

Harris County Places, Communities, Towns, and Cities was researched, compiled and formatted by Douglas Anderson, Copyright © 1968-Present, Douglas Anderson.

Place, Town, or City

Dept of Interior, USGS Map Quadrant Title; Entry Date; and BGN

County

Latitude - Longitude (or GPS)

Additional Map Sources, Information and Notes

Abbots Store

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Fauna Quadrant

Addicks

Addicks; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294657N - 0953833W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Adicks Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Aldine

Aldine; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295557N - 0952249W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Aldine Quadrant

Alexander Island

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harria

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Alief

Alief; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294240N - 0953547W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Alief Quadrant

Allendale

Pasadena; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294139N - 0951447W

Almeda

Almeda; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

293615N - 0952502W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Almeda Quadrant

Almeda Plaza

Bellaire; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

293804N - 0952507W

Anderson Sawmill

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Satsuma Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Armand Bayou Nature Center and Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

SE Harris Co, on Armond Bayou.

Atascocita

Harmaston; Entry Date:12-Jul-00; BGN: -

Harris

295956N - 0951036W

Atascocita Ferry

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located on San Jacinto River; 1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Harmaston Quadrant

Atkinson Island

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Morgan Point Quadrant

Avonak

Tomball; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

300541N - 0953025W

Badke Ranch

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Waller Quadrant

Bains Ranch

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cypress Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Bakers Dam

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located on Dinner Creek;  1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Addicks Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Bammel

Spring; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

300025N - 0952749W

Baners Store

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Hockley Quadrant

Barbers Hill 

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris / Chambers

 -

Located North of Baytown  (see TSHA Online,  Mont  Belvieu; also, Chambers Co. TX web site, Mont Belvieu);  (see Amos Barber)

Barbers Hill Oil Field

Located North of Baytown

Barbour's Cut

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Morgan's Point

Barker

Addicks; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294704N - 0954106W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Addicks Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Barker (aka) Ranch (LH7 Ranch , aka Marks Ranch)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

The LH7 Ranch, a Texas Archeological Landmark. circa 1917 Western Harris County near Barker, TX

Barnes Island

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Barrett (aka Barrett's Settlement)

Crosby; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295248N - 0950347W

Barrett Station

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Name of the Post Office Branch, in Barrett, TX.

Bauers Sawmill

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Hockley Quadrant

Bay Colony

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located in La Porte, adjacent to Houston Yacht Club.

Bay Oaks (aka Oaks)

La Porte; Entry Date:31-Dec-03; BGN: -

Harris

293831N - 0950101W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Bay Shore Park

La Porte; Entry Date:1-Sep-92; BGN: -

Harris

293931N - 0950016W

Bayland

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located in Baytown

Bayland Orphans' Home for Boys

Moved to Houston circa 1900; Originally in Baytown;

Bayland Park

Located in Baytown

Bayport

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located in La Porte and Pasadena

Bayridge

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Morgan Point Quadrant

Bayridge Park

La Porte; Entry Date:1-Sep-92; BGN: -

Harris

293957N - 0950031W

Bayside Terrace

La Porte; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

293738N - 0950050W

Adjacent to Bay Oaks (aka Oaks)

Baytown

Morgans Point; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294408N - 0945839W

Bayview

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

near Seabrook; 1916/1929 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Seabrook Quadrant

Bayview

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Galveston

 -

near Baycliff; 1916/1929 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Seabrook Quadrant

Bear Creek

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

NW Harris Co.

Bear Creek Gun Club

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Addicks Quadrant

Bear Creek Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

NW Haris Co.; Also this hyperlink

Beaumont Place

Jacinto City; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295014N - 0951159W

see Fauna, TX

Bell Prairie

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

H. F. Gillette's Galveston Bay estate.

Bellaire

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Bellaire Quadrant

Bellaire Junction

Bellaire; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294338N - 0952652W

Bellaire West

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Belt Junction

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

Bender

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Humble Quadrant; eventually became Humble, TX

Big Cypress

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Boggs Sawmill

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Stuebner Quadrant

Bordersville

Maedan; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

300005N - 0951738W

Bradford

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Huffman Quadrant

Brady Island

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Briargrove

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Brinson Point

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Brooke-Smith Addition

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Settegast Quadrant

Brookhaven

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Brookline

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

Brookside (Brookside Village)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Brownwood

La Porte; Entry Date:1-Dec-91; BGN: -

Harris

294457N - 950300W

Old Baytown community - FEMA

Bunker Hill Village

Hedwig Village; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294603N - 0953148W

Calgary Woods

Settegast; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295149N - 0951853W

Camp Logan

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Cedar Bayou

Mont Belvieu; Entry Date:20-Feb-04; BGN: -

Harris

294632N - 0945632W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cedar Bayou Quadrant

Cedar Bayou Ferry

Harris

294632N - 0945632W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cedar Bayou Quadrant

Cedar Point

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Champions

Unknown; Entry Date:20-Feb-04; BGN: -

Harris

Unknown - Unknown

Chaneyville

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Channelview

Highlands; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294634N - 0950653W

aka Channel View

Christy Sawmill

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Satsuma Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Cinco Ranch

Richmond NE; Entry Date:18-Jan-00; BGN: -

Fort Bend

294420N - 0954529W

Clear Creek Station

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Clear Lake City

League City; Entry Date:31-Dec-03; BGN: -

Harris

293319N - 0950655W

Clear Lake Shores

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Galveston

 -

near Kemah; 1916/1929 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Seabrook Quadrant

Clinton

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Deepwater Quadrant;  1835 Settlement on Buffalo Bayou, becoming the town of Galena Park, 1935.

Clinton Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Clodine

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Ft. Bend

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Clodine Quadrant

Cloverleaf

Jacinto City; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294642N - 0951019W

Coady

Highlands; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294704N - 0950059W

College Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Colliers Corner

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Deepwater Quadrant

Cottage Grove

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Houston Heights Quadrant

Cresent Shores

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

La Porte near Bay Oaks (aka Oaks)

Crosby

Crosby; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295443N - 0950344W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Crosby Quadrant

Crosstimbers

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Settegast Quadrant

Cypress

Cypress; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295809N - 0954150W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cypress Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Cypress Creek

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cypress Quadrant

Cypress Gun Club

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cypress Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Cypress-Fairbanks

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Cypresswood

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Dairy

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1894, an agrarian community settlement, renamed Alief in circa 1895.

De Zavala Crossing

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

near Lynchburg Crossing or Ferry.

Deco

Satsuma; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295803N - 0953220W

Deepwater

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Deepwater Quadrant

Deer Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Delhi

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Addicks Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Denver

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Settegast Quadrant

Diamond Island

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Burnett Bay Quadrant

Dogwood Acres

Moonshine Hill; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

300521N - 0951022W

Duke Hill

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Dumont Station

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

South Houston; 1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Deepwater Quadrant

Dunnam

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Caney Ck

Dyersdale

Humble; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295330N - 0951528W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Harmaston Quadrant

East Haven

Park Place; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

293824N - 0951509W

East Houston

Settegast; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294947N - 0951612W

East La Porte

La Porte; Entry Date:1-Sep-92; BGN: -

Harris

294015N - 0950041W

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  La Porte Quadrant

Edgeworth Place

Humble; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295307N - 0951831W

Edmundson

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

El Buey

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Deepwater Quadrant;  A private railhead of Samuel Ezekiel ALLEN, for shipping cattle.

El Jardin Del Mar

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Seabrook, TX

El Lago

League City; Entry Date:31-Dec-03; BGN: -

Harris

293349N - 0950243W

Eldon

Mont Belvieu; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294855N - 0945504W

Elena

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Burnett Bay Quadrant

Elena Station (pumping station)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Burnett Bay Quadrant

Ellington Field (also called Olcott Field)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916/1929 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Genoa Quadrant

Emerson Place

Humble; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295247N - 0951902W

Englewood

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Settegast Quadrant

Eureka Junction

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Houston Heights Quadrant

Evergreen (Evergreen Plantation)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

near Baytown; 1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Morgan Point Quadrant

Evergreen Point

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Morgan Point Quadrant

Fairbanks

Hedwig Village; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

295110N - 0953128W

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Hillendahl Quadrant; 1919 Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, USGS Topographical Map  -  Quadrant 535 N - 1 - E/2 (Addicks)

Fairmont Park

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

La Porte

Fairmont Park (East)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

La Porte

Fairmont Park (West)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Pasadena

Faulkey Gulley

aka Willow Flats; The Bottoms

Fauna

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Fauna Quadrant

Ferndale

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

Ferry (unk name)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located on Cedar Bayou; 1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cedar Bayou Quadrant

Ferry (unk name)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

Located on Cedar Bayou; 1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Cedar Bayou Quadrant

Fidelity

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

Fidelity Addition

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Settegast Quadrant

Forest Hills

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1915 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Park Place Quadrant

Foster Place

Park Place; Entry Date:30-Nov-79; BGN: -

Harris

294140N - 0952107W

Four Corners

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Freedman's Town (Freedman Settlements)

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

In Houston's Fourth Ward.

Freemans Dam

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris

 -

1916 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Swanson Quadrant

French Town

; Entry Date:; BGN:

 -

Friendswood

; Entry Date:; BGN:

Harris / Galveston

 -

1929 Dept of Interior, USGS Topographical Map  -  Genoa Quadrant

Frosttown (historical) (Frost Town )

Unknown; Entry Date:20-Feb-04; BGN: -

Harris

Unknown - Unknown

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