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Nearest Communities to Gilson Groves,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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

Gilson Groves is located in Dimmit County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dimmit County: Frio, La Salle, Maverick, Webb & Zavala.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gilson Groves. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Dimmit 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 Gilson Groves (which is Dimmit 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 Gilson Groves

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

  • Dimmit County   (where Gilson Groves resides)
    • County Seat for Dimmit:   Carrizo Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gilson Groves   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gilson Groves.
      • Catarina
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Asherton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kearny
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kearny have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
        • Kearny is located in Dimmit County
      • Carrizo Hill
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo Hill
        • Carrizo Hill is located in Dimmit County
      • Carrizo Springs
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Valley Wells
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Wells
        • Valley Wells is located in Dimmit County
      • Brundage
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brundage have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundage
        • Brundage is located in Dimmit County
      • Big Wells
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Wells
        • Big Wells is located in Dimmit County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Wells <3>
      • Winter Haven
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Haven
        • Winter Haven is located in Dimmit County
      • Espantosa Colonia
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Espantosa Colonia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espantosa Colonia
        • Espantosa Colonia is located in Dimmit County
      • Las Vegas
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Vegas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas
        • Las Vegas is located in Dimmit County
  • La Salle County
  • Webb County
    • County Website:   www.webbcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Webb:   Laredo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gilson Groves   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gilson Groves.
      • Las Tiendas
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Tiendas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Tiendas
        • Las Tiendas is located in Webb County
      • La Moca Ranch
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Moca Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Moca Ranch
        • La Moca Ranch is located in Webb County
        • La Moca Ranch has also been known as:
        • La Moca Ranch Colonia
      • Los Huisaches
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Huisaches have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Huisaches
        • Los Huisaches is located in Webb County
        • Los Huisaches has also been known as:
        • Los Huisaches Colonia
  • Zavala County
    • County Seat for Zavala:   Crystal City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gilson Groves   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gilson Groves.
      • Chula Vista - River Spur
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Chula Vista
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
        • Chula Vista is located in Zavala County
        • Chula Vista has also been known as:
        • Chula Vista Colonia
      • Popeye Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popeye Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeye Lake
        • Popeye Lake is located in Zavala County
        • Popeye Lake has also been known as:
        • Popeye Lake Colonia
      • River Spur
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Spur
        • River Spur is located in Zavala County
      • Crystal City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal City
        • Crystal City is located in Zavala County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal City <3>
      • Amaya
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amaya have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amaya
        • Amaya is located in Zavala County
        • Amaya has also been known as:
        • Amaya Colonia
      • Bushy Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Creek
        • Bushy Creek is located in Zavala County
        • Bushy Creek has also been known as:
        • Bushy Creek Colonia
      • Camposanto - Elcometa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camposanto - Elcometa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camposanto - Elcometa
        • Camposanto - Elcometa is located in Zavala County
        • Camposanto - Elcometa has also been known as:
        • Camposanto - Elcometa Colonia

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- Gilson Groves) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gilson Groves. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2694, Longitude: -99.7556       In this case, the coordinates for Gilson Groves have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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