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Nearest Communities to Matagorda,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Matagorda is located in 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 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Matagorda. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Matagorda 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 Matagorda (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 Matagorda

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

  • Matagorda County   (where Matagorda resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Matagorda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Matagorda.
      • Gulf Hill
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Gulf Hill is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
      • Gulf ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
      • Wadsworth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Citrus Grove
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Citrus Grove is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
      • Rymers
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Rymers is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
      • Simpsonville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
      • Tin Top
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Tin Top is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
      • Chinquapin Landing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Chinquapin Landing is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
      • Chinquapin
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Chinquapin is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
      • Collegeport
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ashby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
      • Buckeye
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Continue List   (24 more) ...
        • Palacios
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Elmaton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pheasant
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Pheasant is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
        • Camp Hulen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Camp Hulen is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hulen
        • Bay City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Caney
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Markham
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Blessing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Elliott ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Rugeley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Rugeley is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
        • Sargent
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Cedar Lane
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Van Vleck
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Gainesmore
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Gainesmore is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesmore
        • Hawkinsville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Hawkinsville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
        • Midfield
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Allenhurst
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Allenhurst is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenhurst
        • Clemville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Clemville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Cedar Lake
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Cedar Lake is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
        • Chalmers
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Sugar Valley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Sugar Valley is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
        • Ashwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Ashwood is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
        • McCroskey
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Podo ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Podo is 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 Matagorda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Matagorda.
      • Hasima
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hasima is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasima
      • Abercrombie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Abercrombie is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercrombie
      • Four Corners
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Four Corners is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Churchill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Churchill is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
      • Old Ocean
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweeny
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • El Bernardo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • El Bernardo is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Bernardo
      • Hinkles Ferry
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hinkles Ferry is located in Brazoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkles Ferry
  • Calhoun County
  • Jackson County
  • Wharton County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Matagorda) 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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