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Nearest Communities to Bay City,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bay City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bay City:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bay City.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Bay City is located in Matagorda County and is the County Seat.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Matagorda County: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Jackson & Wharton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 85 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bay City. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Matagorda County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Bay City (which is Matagorda 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 Bay City

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Matagorda County   (where Bay City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bay City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bay City.
      • Elliott ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Van Vleck
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Markham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Chalmers
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Allenhurst
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Allenhurst is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenhurst
      • Caney
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Buckeye
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • McCroskey
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rymers
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Rymers is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
      • Rugeley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Rugeley is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
      • Podo ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Podo is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podo
      • Sugar Valley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sugar Valley is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Ashwood
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Ashwood is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
        • Wadsworth
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Clemville
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Clemville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Elmaton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar Lane
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Pledger
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Ashby
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
        • Midfield
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Gulf Hill
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Gulf Hill is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
        • Blessing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Simpsonville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
        • Tin Top
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Tin Top is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
        • Gainesmore
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Gainesmore is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesmore
        • Gulf ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
        • Citrus Grove
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Citrus Grove is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
        • Hawkinsville
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Hawkinsville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
        • Matagorda
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Chinquapin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Chinquapin is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
        • Pheasant
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Pheasant is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
        • Cedar Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Cedar Lake is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
        • Chinquapin Landing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Chinquapin Landing is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
        • Sargent
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Collegeport
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Palacios
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Camp Hulen
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Hulen is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hulen
  • Brazoria County
    • County Website:   https://www.brazoriacountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brazoria:   Angleton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bay City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bay City.
      • Hasima
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Hasima is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasima
      • Abercrombie
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Abercrombie is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercrombie
      • Old Ocean
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Danciger
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweeny
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • El Bernardo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • El Bernardo is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Bernardo
      • Four Corners
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Four Corners is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Wild Peach Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
      • Wild Peach
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Wild Peach is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach
      • West Columbia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brazoria
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Old Brazoria
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Old Brazoria is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brazoria
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • East Columbia
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Churchill is located in Brazoria County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
        • Hinkles Ferry
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
        • Damon
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Perry Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Perry Landing is located in Brazoria County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Landing
        • Lake Jackson Farms
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Lake Jackson Farms is located in Brazoria County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jackson Farms
        • Orozimbo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Orozimbo is located in Brazoria County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orozimbo
  • Fort Bend County
  • Jackson County
  • Wharton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bay City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
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