Nearest Communities to Gilchrist,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gilchrist, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gilchrist:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Gilchrist.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Gilchrist 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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gilchrist. Of these communities, 22 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 Gilchrist (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 Gilchrist
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Galveston County (where Gilchrist resides)
- County Website: https://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Galveston: Galveston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Rollover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rollover is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollover
- Caplen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caplen is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caplen
- Bolivar Peninsula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar Peninsula is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Peninsula
- High Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stingaree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stingaree is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingaree
- Patton Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Patton Woods is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Woods
- Elmgrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elmgrove is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
- Bolivar Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar Beach is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Beach
- Port Bolivar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Travis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Travis is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Travis
- Galveston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fort Crockett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Crockett is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Crockett
- San Leon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Texas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Heights is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
- Virginia Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Point is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Point
- Nadeau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nadeau is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadeau
- Bayou Vista
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Texas City Junction is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City Junction
- Tiki Island
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- San Leon Station is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Leon Station
- Anderson Ways
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Ways is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Ways
- Bacliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bayview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bayview is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Chase Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chase Park is located in Galveston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Park
- La Marque
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chambers County
- County Website: https://www.chamberscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Chambers: Anahuac
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Sea Breeze
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sea Breeze is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Double Bayou
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Double Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bayou
- Oak Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Island is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Island
- Smith Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smith Point is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
- Figridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Figridge is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figridge
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Stowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anahuac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Turtle Bayou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turtle Bayou is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Bayou
- Hankamer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eminence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eminence is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Beach City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beach City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Wallisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Clifton Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton Beach is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Beach
- Harris County
- County Website: https://www.harriscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Harris: Houston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- El Jardin Del Mar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- El Jardin Del Mar is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Jardin Del Mar
- Surf Oaks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Surf Oaks is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Oaks
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://jeffersoncountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Beaumont
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Hamshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morey is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morey
- Liberty County
- County Website: https://www.co.liberty.tx.us/
- County Seat for Liberty: Liberty
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gilchrist ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gilchrist.
- Cottonwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Abshier Settlement
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abshier Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshier Settlement
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- Gilchrist) 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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