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Nearest Communities to Grosvenor,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 from Grosvenor.<1>

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


Grosvenor is located in Brown County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brown County: Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Mills & San Saba.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grosvenor. Of these communities, 53 are located in counties other than Brown 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 Grosvenor (which is Brown 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 Grosvenor

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

  • Brown County   (where Grosvenor resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.browncountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Brownwood
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Blackwell Crossing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Blackwell Crossing is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Crossing
      • Fry ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Fry is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
      • Thrifty
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Thrifty is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
      • Lake Shore
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Shore is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
      • Shamrock Shores
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
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      • Byrds
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Byrds is located in Brown County
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      • Lake Brownwood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
      • Holder
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Holder is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
      • Cross Cut
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Cross Cut is located in Brown County
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      • Bangs
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Williams
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Williams is located in Brown County
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      • Owens
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Owens is located in Brown County
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        • Bluff View
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Bluff View is located in Brown County
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        • May
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Brownwood
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Early
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Delaware Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Delaware Junction is located in Brown County
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        • Woodland Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Woodland Heights is located in Brown County
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        • Dalzell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Dalzell is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalzell
        • Ricker ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Ricker is located in Brown County
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        • Blanket
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Antioch
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Antioch is located in Brown County
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        • Brookesmith
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Tenmile Crossing
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Tenmile Crossing is located in Brown County
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        • Dulin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Dulin is located in Brown County
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        • Zephyr
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Indian Creek
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Indian Creek is located in Brown County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
        • Fisk Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Fisk Crossing is located in Brown County
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        • Keys Crossing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Keys Crossing is located in Brown County
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        • Winchell
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Winchell is located in Brown County
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  • Callahan County
    • County Website:   https://www.callahancounty.org/
    • County Seat for Callahan:   Baird
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Cross Plains
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cottonwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Cottonwood is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Rowden
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Rowden is located in Callahan County
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      • Atwell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Atwell is located in Callahan County
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      • Admiral
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Admiral is located in Callahan County
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      • Oplin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Oplin is located in Callahan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oplin
  • Coleman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coleman.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coleman:   Coleman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Buffalo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Buffalo is located in Coleman County
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      • Burkett
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Echo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Echo is located in Coleman County
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      • Liberty
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Liberty is located in Coleman County
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      • Webbville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Webbville is located in Coleman County
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      • Obregon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Obregon is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obregon
      • Santa Anna
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • San Angelo Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • San Angelo Junction is located in Coleman County
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      • Cleveland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cleveland is located in Coleman County
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      • Coleman
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hamrick
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Hamrick is located in Coleman County
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      • Trickham
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Trickham is located in Coleman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
        • Former name for Trickham:
        • Trick'em
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Silver Valley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
        • Fisk
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Fisk is located in Coleman County
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        • Valera
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Shields
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Shields is located in Coleman County
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        • Whon ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Whon is located in Coleman County
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        • Mozelle ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Mozelle is located in Coleman County
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        • Glen Cove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
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        • Novice
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Gouldbusk
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockwood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Voss
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Comanche County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.comanche.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Comanche:   Comanche
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Amity
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Amity is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
      • Sidney
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Stag Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Stag Creek is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Creek
      • Watson
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Watson is located in Comanche County
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      • Sipe Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
      • Beattie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Beattie is located in Comanche County
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  • Eastland County
    • County Website:   https://www.eastlandcountytexas.com/
    • County Seat for Eastland:   Eastland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Pioneer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Pioneer is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Rising Star
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Chuckville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Chuckville is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
      • Sabanno
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Sabanno is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabanno
      • Branton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Branton is located in Eastland County
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      • Union Center
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Union Center is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Okra
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Okra is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okra
      • Mountain Top
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Mountain Top is located in Eastland County
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      • Nimrod ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Nimrod is located in Eastland County
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      • Romney
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Romney is located in Eastland County
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      • Pleasant Hill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Hill is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Scranton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Scranton is located in Eastland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
  • McCulloch County
  • Mills County
    • County Website:   https://www.millscountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Mills:   Goldthwaite
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grosvenor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grosvenor.
      • Blanket Springs
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Blanket Springs is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Springs
      • Duke Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Duke Crossing is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Crossing
      • Ebony ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ebony is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony
      • Villa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Villa is located in Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa

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 from Point A (ie- Grosvenor) 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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