Nearest Communities to Houston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Houston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Houston:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Houston.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Houston is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Shasta County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 158 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Houston. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Shasta County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Houston (which is Shasta County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Houston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Shasta County (where Houston resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in Shasta County, we have limited the list to those within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Houston (about 100 communities).
- County Website: https://www.shastacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Shasta: Redding
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Houston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Houston.
- Lillienthal ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lillienthal is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillienthal
- Bella Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Frazier Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frazier Corners is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Corners
- Mountain Gate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Gate is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Gate
- Former names for Mountain Gate:
- Bass
- Fish's Station
- Project City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Project City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Project City
- Shasta Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shasta Lake is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,379 people
- Former names for Shasta Lake:
- Boomtown
- Central Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta Lake <4>
- Loomis Corners ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Loomis Corners is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis Corners
- Los Robles Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Los Robles Estates is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Robles Estates
- Silverthorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silverthorn is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverthorn
- Bayha
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bayha is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayha
- McColl ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McColl is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColl
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- Portal Inn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Portal Inn is located in Shasta County
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- Tunnel Inn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tunnel Inn is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Inn
- Sherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Summit City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Toyon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Toyon is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toyon
- Former name for Toyon:
- Seaman's Place
- Buckeye
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Churntown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Churntown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Former name for Churntown:
- One Wagon Town
- Newtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newtown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Calkins ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Calkins is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Redding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehouse ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Palo Cedro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hart ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hart is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Hart has also been known as:
- Hart Village
- Hart's Camp
- Heroult ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Heroult is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heroult
- Fitzpatrick ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Coram ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coram is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coram
- Kennett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kennett is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
- Canon City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canon City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
- Kilna ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kilna is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilna
- Waugh ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waugh is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Copley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Copley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
- Former name for Copley:
- Motion
- Keswick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Keswick is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
- Matheson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Matheson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matheson
- Baird ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baird is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Copper City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
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- Bonita ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonita is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Boralma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boralma is located in Shasta County
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- Morley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hogtown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hogtown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogtown
- Kett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kett is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kett
- Minnesota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Minnesota is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Holiday Harbor Resort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- O'Brien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bell's Bridge is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell's Bridge
- Pacheco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pacheco is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco
- Henryford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henryford is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryford
- Girvan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Girvan is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
- San Buena Ventura
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Buena Ventura is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Buena Ventura
- Shasta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilkinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Lakeview Resort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Resort is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Resort
- Bully Hill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
- Winthrop ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Mabel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mabel is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Latona ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Latona is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
- Former name for Latona:
- New Town
- Middletown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Redding Rancheria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redding Rancheria is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding Rancheria
- Fielding ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fielding is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
- Iron Mountain ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Iron Mountain is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
- Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Hollow
- Ingot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ingot is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingot
- Former names for Ingot:
- Afterthought
- Silverton
- Elmore ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmore is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- El Rio Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- El Rio Estates is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rio Estates
- Texas Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Texas Springs is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Springs
- Smith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smith is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Furnaceville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Furnaceville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Paige Bar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Paige Bar is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paige Bar
- Whiskeytown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whiskeytown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskeytown
- Former names for Whiskeytown:
- Blair
- Franklin City
- Schilling
- Stella
- Whiskey Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiskeytown <4>
- Oak Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Osborne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Osborne is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Pawnee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pawnee is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <4>
- Happy Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Former name for Happy Valley:
- Oak
- Briggsville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Briggsville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Former name for Briggsville:
- Moorestown
- Horsetown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horsetown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetown
- Former names for Horsetown:
- Clear Creek Diggings
- One Horse Town
- Oak Bottom ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Bottom is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bottom
- Wagoner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wagoner is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Sugarloaf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
- Olinda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Ellis ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Cloverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Bullskin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bullskin is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
- Lakeshore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Igo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Antlers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Antlers is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Lakehead - Lakeshore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lakehead - Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakehead - Lakeshore
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- French Gulch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jillsonville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jillsonville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillsonville
- Lakehead
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pollock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pollock is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Cottonwood Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Estates is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Estates
- Cottonwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fern
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fern is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Redwoods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Redwoods is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwoods
- Point McCloud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Point McCloud is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point McCloud
- Riverview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Inwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Morrowville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Morrowville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
- Tehama County
- County Website: https://www.tehama.gov/
- County Seat for Tehama: Red Bluff
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Houston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Houston.
- Jellys Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jellys Ferry is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellys Ferry
- Hooker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ninemile ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Dales
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Manton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blunt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blunt is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
- Paynes Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Trinity County
- County Website: https://www.trinitycounty.org/
- County Seat for Trinity: Weaverville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Houston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Houston.
- Keno ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Keno is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Deadwood ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deadwood is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
- Bragdon ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bragdon is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragdon
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lewiston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minersville is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Bucktail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bucktail is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
- Estrellita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Estrellita is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrellita
- Cedar Stock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Stock is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Stock
- Ridgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeville is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Trinity Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Houston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Houston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |