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Nearest Communities to Caplen,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Caplen.<1>

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

Caplen is located in Galveston County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Galveston County: Brazoria & Harris.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Caplen. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Galveston 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 Caplen (which is Galveston 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 Caplen

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

  • Galveston County   (where Caplen resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Galveston:   Galveston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Caplen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Caplen.
      • Rollover
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Rollover is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollover
      • Gilchrist
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bolivar Peninsula
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bolivar Peninsula is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Peninsula
      • Crystal Beach
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Stingaree
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Stingaree is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingaree
      • High Island
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Patton Woods
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Patton Woods is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Woods
      • Elmgrove
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Elmgrove is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
      • Bolivar Beach
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bolivar Beach is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Beach
      • Port Bolivar
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Travis
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort Travis is located in Galveston County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Travis
      • Galveston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Fort Crockett
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Fort Crockett is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Crockett
        • San Leon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Texas City
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Heights
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Heights is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
        • Virginia Point
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
        • Nadeau
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Nadeau is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
        • Bayou Vista
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Bayou Vista is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Vista
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,637 people
        • Texas City Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
        • Tiki Island
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Tiki Island is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiki Island
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,072 people
          • Tiki Island has also been known as:
          • Village of Tiki Island
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiki Island <3>
        • San Leon Station
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • San Leon Station is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leon Station
        • Anderson Ways
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Anderson Ways is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Ways
        • Bacliff
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Chase Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Chase Park is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Park
        • La Marque
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Texas City Terminal Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bay Breeze
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bay Breeze is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Breeze
        • Bayview
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bayview is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
        • Kemah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Kemah is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemah
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kemah <3>
        • Seagate
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Seagate is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagate
        • Spanish Grant North
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Spanish Grant North is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grant North
        • Spanish Grant South
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Spanish Grant South is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Grant South
        • Bay Ridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Bay Ridge is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge
        • Clear Lake Shores
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Foster Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Foster Place is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Place
        • Kemah Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Kemah Park is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemah Park
        • Lazy Bend
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Lazy Bend is located in Galveston County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Bend
  • Chambers County
  • Harris County
    • County Website:   https://www.harriscountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Harris:   Houston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Caplen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Caplen.
      • El Jardin Del Mar
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • El Jardin Del Mar is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Jardin Del Mar
      • Baybrook
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Baybrook is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baybrook
      • Shady Oaks
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Shady Oaks is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
      • Surf Oaks
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Surf Oaks is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Oaks
      • Todville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Todville is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todville
      • Pelly
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Pelly is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelly
      • Roseland Manor
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Roseland Manor is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Manor
      • Bay Shore Park
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Bay Shore Park is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shore Park
      • Bayside Terrace
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Bayside Terrace is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Terrace
      • Mystic Village
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Mystic Village is located in Harris County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Village
  • Jefferson County
  • Liberty 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caplen) 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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