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Nearest Communities to Camp Hulen,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Camp Hulen.<1>

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


Camp Hulen is located in Matagorda County.

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

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Camp Hulen. Of these communities, 28 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 Camp Hulen (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 Camp Hulen

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

  • Matagorda County   (where Camp Hulen resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Camp Hulen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Camp Hulen.
      • Palacios
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Collegeport
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Pheasant
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Pheasant is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
      • Citrus Grove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Citrus Grove is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
      • Simpsonville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
      • Tin Top
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Tin Top is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
      • Blessing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Ashby
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
      • Elmaton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Matagorda
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Midfield
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Buckeye
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Gulf Hill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Gulf Hill is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
        • Clemville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Clemville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Markham
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rymers
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Rymers is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
        • Wadsworth
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Gulf ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
        • Elliott ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
          • Elliott has also been known as:
          • Elliott's
        • Bay City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Chinquapin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Chinquapin is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
        • Chinquapin Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Chinquapin Landing is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
        • Caney
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Caney is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
        • Chalmers
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Chalmers is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
        • Rugeley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Rugeley is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
        • Van Vleck
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncotx.org/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Port Lavaca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Camp Hulen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Camp Hulen.
      • El Campo Club Community
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Schicke Point
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Schicke Point is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schicke Point
      • Port Alto
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Port Alto is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Alto
      • Olivia
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Olivia is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivia
      • Indianola
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
      • Point Comfort
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Beach
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Magnolia Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
      • Port O'Connor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Alamo Beach
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Alamo Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Beach
      • Port Lavaca
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sixmile
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
      • Clark Station
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
      • Kamey
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jackson.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Edna
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Camp Hulen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Camp Hulen.
      • Carancahua
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Carancahua is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carancahua
      • Francitas
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Weedhaven
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Weedhaven is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedhaven
      • La Ward
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lolita
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Bluff
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Red Bluff is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
      • White Hall
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • White Hall is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
      • Vanderbilt
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • La Salle
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ganado
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Manson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Manson is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
      • Edna
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Edna is located in Jackson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <3>
  • Wharton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Hulen) 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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