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Nearest Communities to Gulf,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Gulf.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Gulf is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Matagorda County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Matagorda County: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Jackson & Wharton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gulf. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Matagorda County.

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 Gulf (which is Matagorda 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 Gulf

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

  • Matagorda County   (where Gulf resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gulf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gulf.
      • Gulf Hill
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gulf Hill is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
      • Matagorda
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Chinquapin Landing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Chinquapin Landing is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
      • Chinquapin
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Chinquapin is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
      • Wadsworth
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rymers
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Rymers is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
      • Citrus Grove
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Citrus Grove is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
      • Simpsonville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Simpsonville is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
      • Tin Top
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Tin Top is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
      • Sargent
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ashby
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashby is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
      • Buckeye
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Buckeye is also located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
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        • Caney
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Caney is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
        • Rugeley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Rugeley is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
        • Cedar Lane
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hawkinsville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hawkinsville is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
        • Collegeport
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bay City
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Bay City is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,474 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <4>
        • Gainesmore
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Gainesmore is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesmore
        • Elmaton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Elliott ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Elliott was located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
          • Elliott has also been known as:
          • Elliott's
        • Cedar Lake
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Cedar Lake is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
        • Markham
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Palacios
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Palacios is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palacios
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,545 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palacios <4>
        • Allenhurst
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Allenhurst is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenhurst
        • Van Vleck
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Pheasant
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Pheasant is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
        • Camp Hulen
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Camp Hulen is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hulen
        • Blessing
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sugar Valley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Sugar Valley is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
        • Chalmers
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Chalmers is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
        • Clemville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Clemville is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Midfield
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Ashwood is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
        • McCroskey
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • McCroskey is also located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCroskey
        • Podo ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Podo was located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podo
  • Brazoria County
    • County Website:   https://www.brazoriacountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Brazoria:   Angleton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gulf   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gulf.
      • Hasima
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Hasima is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasima
      • Abercrombie
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Abercrombie is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercrombie
      • Four Corners
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Four Corners is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Churchill
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Hinkles Ferry
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
      • Sweeny
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Ocean
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • El Bernardo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • El Bernardo is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Bernardo
      • Wild Peach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Wild Peach is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach
      • Brazoria
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wild Peach Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wild Peach Village is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Peach Village
      • Old Brazoria
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Brazoria is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brazoria
      • Perry Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Perry Landing is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Landing
  • Calhoun County
  • Jackson County
  • Wharton County

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- Gulf) 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 Gulf, 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.