Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cottonwood Shores, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cottonwood Shores:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Cottonwood Shores.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cottonwood Shores is located in Burnet County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Burnet County: Bell, Blanco, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis & Williamson.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 82 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cottonwood Shores. Of these communities, 59 are located in counties other than Burnet 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 Cottonwood Shores (which is Burnet 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 Cottonwood Shores
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Burnet County (where Cottonwood Shores resides)
- County Website: https://www.burnetcountytexas.org/
- County Seat for Burnet: Burnet
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Meadowlakes
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Marble Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Granite Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Shores is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Shores
- Highland Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Shovel Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
- Fairland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairland is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Scobee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scobee is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scobee
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Sudduth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sudduth is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
- Smithwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithwick is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Spicewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Gandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gandy is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
- Burnet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oatmeal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bertram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
- Shady Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Lake Victor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Victor is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Victor
- Joppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Sunnylane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
- Naruna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Mahomet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahomet is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
- Blanco County
- County Website: https://www.co.blanco.tx.us/
- County Seat for Blanco: Johnson City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Round Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cypress Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blowout
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blowout is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
- Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Post Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Westbrook ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Westbrook is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Rocky Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Creek is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Hye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Payton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Payton is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payton
- Gillespie County
- County Website: https://www.gillespiecounty.org/
- County Seat for Gillespie: Fredericksburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Willow City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eckert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eckert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
- Albert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Albert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hays County
- County Website: https://www.hayscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Hays: San Marcos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Henly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Fitzhugh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Dripping Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gainor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Llano County
- County Website: https://www.co.llano.tx.us/
- County Seat for Llano: Llano
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Horseshoe Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Beach Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingsland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Heights is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Heights
- Buchanan Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Click ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Click is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
- Golden Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Bluffton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stolz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stolz is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stolz
- Buchanan Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Lone Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Grove is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
- Tow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Llano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Travis County
- County Website: https://www.traviscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Travis: Austin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Hammetts Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hammetts Crossing is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammetts Crossing
- Briarcliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lago Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Round Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Round Mountain is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Edgewater Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Point Venture
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Point Venture is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Venture
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,053 people
- Point Venture has also been known as:
- Point Venture village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Venture <3>
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nameless is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Nameless has also been known as:
- Cross Creek
- Fairview
- South Jonestown Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Shore Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Shore Acres is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore Acres
- Jonestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- The Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- The Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people
- Lakeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hudson Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
- Buffalo Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Volente
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bee Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Ford is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Ford
- Four Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Williamson County
- County Website: https://www.wilcotx.gov/
- County Seat for Williamson: Georgetown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Shores ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Shores.
- Liberty Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jinks Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jinks Branch is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks Branch
- Leander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seward Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seward Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward Junction
- Walkerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walkerton is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerton
- White Stone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Stone is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stone
- Cedar Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 from Point A (ie- Cottonwood Shores) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |