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Nearest Communities to Bethel,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Bethel.<1>

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

Bethel is located in Runnels County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Runnels County: Coke, Coleman, Concho, Nolan, Taylor & Tom Green.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bethel. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Runnels 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 Bethel (which is Runnels 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 Bethel

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

  • Runnels County   (where Bethel resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bethel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
      • Olfen
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Olfen is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olfen
      • Ballinger
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Rowena
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Benoit
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Benoit is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit
      • Blanton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Blanton is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
      • Valley View
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Hatchel
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
      • Miles
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Norton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Crews
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Crews is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
      • Maverick ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Maverick is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Winters
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Marie
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Marie is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
        • Wilmeth
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
        • Pumphrey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
        • Drasco
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Drasco is located in Runnels County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
        • Wingate
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coke County
  • Coleman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coleman:   Coleman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bethel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
      • Talpa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Leaday
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Leaday is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaday
      • Voss
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Glen Cove
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
      • Valera
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fisk
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Fisk is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
      • Mozelle ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Mozelle is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
      • Gouldbusk
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Shields
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Shields is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
      • Hamrick
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hamrick is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamrick
      • Novice
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Valley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
      • Coleman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hays Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hays Crossing is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Crossing
  • Concho County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.concho.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Concho:   Paint Rock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bethel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
      • Paint Rock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Concho
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Concho is located in Concho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concho
      • Lowake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersview
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Henderson Chapel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Henderson Chapel is located in Concho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Chapel
      • Eola
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Vick
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Vick is located in Concho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vick
      • Eden
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Eden is located in Concho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <3>
  • McCulloch County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mcculloch.tx.us/
    • County Seat for McCulloch:   Brady
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bethel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
      • Stacy
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Stacy is located in McCulloch County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Doole ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Doole is located in McCulloch County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doole
      • Salt Gap ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Salt Gap is located in McCulloch County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Gap
  • Taylor County
  • Tom Green County
    • County Website:   https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Tom Green:   San Angelo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bethel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
      • Seventeen Mile Crossing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sixteen Mile Crossing
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sixteen Mile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen Mile Crossing
      • Mereta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mullins Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Mullins Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Crossing
      • Kiesling
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Kiesling is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiesling
      • Veribest
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Veribest is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Orient
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Orient is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
      • Harriet
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Harriet is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
      • Vancourt
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sixmile Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
      • Wall
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Wall is located in Tom Green County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall

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- Bethel) 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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