Nearest Communities to Glenn Springs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Glenn Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Glenn Springs:
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.
Keep in mind 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Glenn Springs is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Brewster County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brewster County: Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio & Terrell.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Glenn Springs.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Glenn Springs (which is Brewster 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 Glenn Springs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Brewster County (where Glenn Springs resides)
- County Website: https://www.brewstercounty.gov/
- County Seat for Brewster: Alpine
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Glenn Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Glenn Springs.
- Casa de Piedra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Casa de Piedra is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa de Piedra
- Comptons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comptons is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comptons
- Rooneys Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rooneys Place is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooneys Place
- Solis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Solis is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis
- San Vicente Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- San Vicente Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Vicente Crossing
- Solis Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Solis Landing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solis Landing
- Hot Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Rio Grande Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rio Grande Village is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande Village
- Boquillas Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boquillas Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boquillas Crossing
- Panther Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Panther Junction is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Junction
- Pantera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pantera is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantera
- Talley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Talley is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Basin Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Basin Junction is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Junction
- Pettits
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pettits is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettits
- Woodsons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodsons is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsons
- McKinney Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McKinney Springs is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Springs
- Sierra Chino
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sierra Chino is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Chino
- Onion Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Onion Spring is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Spring
- Buenos Aires
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Buenos Aires is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos Aires
- Castolon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Castolon is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castolon
- Santa Elena Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Santa Elena Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Elena Crossing
- Lunas
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lunas is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunas
- Stillwell Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell Crossing is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell Crossing
- Study Butte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Study Butte is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Study Butte
- Study Butte - Terlingua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Terlingua Abaja
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Terlingua Abaja is located in Brewster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terlingua Abaja
- Terlingua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenn Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glenn Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |