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Nearest Communities to La Gloria,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

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


La Gloria is located in Jim Wells County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jim Wells County: Brooks, Duval, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces & San Patricio.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Gloria. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Jim Wells 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 La Gloria (which is Jim Wells 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 La Gloria

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

  • Jim Wells County   (where La Gloria resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.jim-wells.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Jim Wells:   Alice
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Gloria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Gloria.
      • Premont
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Seeligson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Seeligson is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeligson
      • Ella
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Ella is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
      • Palito Blanco
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Palito Blanco is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palito Blanco
      • Ben Bolt
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Coyote Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Coyote Acres is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Acres
        • Coyote Acres has also been known as:
        • Coyote Acres Colonia
      • English Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • English Acres is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Acres
        • English Acres has also been known as:
        • English Acres Colonia
      • Alice Acres
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Alice Acres is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice Acres
        • Alice Acres has also been known as:
        • Alice Acres Colonia
      • Goldapp
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Goldapp is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldapp
        • Goldapp has also been known as:
        • Goldapp Colonia
      • Meadow Ridge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Meadow Ridge is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
        • Meadow Ridge has also been known as:
        • Meadow Ridge Colonia
      • Torian
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Torian is located in Jim Wells County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torian
  • Brooks County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.brooks.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Brooks:   Falfurrias
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Gloria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Gloria.
      • Rush Addition
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Rush Addition is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Addition
        • Rush Addition has also been known as:
        • Rush Addition Colonia
      • Falfurrias
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Airport Road Addition
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Victory Place
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Victory Place is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Place
        • Victory Place has also been known as:
        • Victory Place Colonia
      • Cantu Addition
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
      • Flowella
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Flowella is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
      • La India
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • La India is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La India
      • Alto Colorado
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Alto Colorado is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Colorado
      • Noria Willie
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Noria Willie is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria Willie
      • Papalote del Norte
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Papalote del Norte is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote del Norte
      • Encino
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Tacubaya
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Tacubaya is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacubaya
      • Rachal
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Rachal is located in Brooks County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachal
  • Duval County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.duval.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Duval:   San Diego
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Gloria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Gloria.
      • Cruz Calle
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cruz Calle is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruz Calle
      • Santa Cruz
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Santa Cruz is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
      • Vera Cruz
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Vera Cruz is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
      • Rios
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Rios is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rios
      • Concepcion
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Conception
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Conception is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception
      • Ramirez
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Ramirez is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
      • Sejita
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Sejita is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sejita
      • San Jose
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • San Jose is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
      • Realitos
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Benavides
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mario Olga Colonia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Mario Olga Colonia is located in Duval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mario Olga Colonia
  • Kenedy County
  • Kleberg County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kleberg.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Kleberg:   Kingsville
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Gloria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Gloria.
      • Riviera
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Ricardo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Ricardo is located in Kleberg County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
      • Vattmannville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Vattmannville is located in Kleberg County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattmannville
      • Kingsville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Vattman
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Vattman is located in Kleberg County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vattman
      • Loyola Beach
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Loyola Beach is located in Kleberg County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyola Beach
      • Riviera Beach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Riviera Beach is located in Kleberg County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviera Beach
  • Nueces County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Gloria) 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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