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Nearest Communities to Melon,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Melon is located in Frio County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Frio County: Atascosa, Dimmit, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde & Zavala.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Melon. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Frio 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 Melon (which is Frio 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 Melon

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

  • Frio County   (where Melon resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.frio.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Frio:   Pearsall
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Melon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melon.
      • Frio Heights
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Frio Heights is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Heights
        • Frio Heights has also been known as:
        • Frio Heights Colonia
      • Pearsall
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • West Pearsall
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • West Pearsall is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pearsall
      • Alta Vista
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Alta Vista is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
        • Alta Vista has also been known as:
        • Alta Vista Colonia
      • Pearsall East
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pearsall East is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsall East
        • Pearsall East has also been known as:
        • Pearsall East Colonia
      • Derby
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Derby is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
        • Derby has also been known as:
        • Derby Colonia
      • North Pearsall
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
      • Cude Crossing Windmill
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilltop
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Hilltop is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
        • Hilltop has also been known as:
        • Hilltop Colonia
      • Divot ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Divot is located in Frio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divot
      • Dilley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Parks Corner Windmill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Goldfinch
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Goldfinch is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfinch
        • Las Flores
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Las Flores is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
        • Moore
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Frio Town ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Frio Town is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
        • Schattel
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Schattel is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schattel
        • Miguel
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Miguel is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miguel
        • Orelia
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Orelia is located in Frio County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orelia
        • Bigfoot
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Atascosa County
    • County Website:   https://www.atascosacounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Atascosa:   Jourdanton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Melon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melon.
      • Davis
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Davis is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
      • Hindes
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hindes is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindes
      • Crown
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Crown is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
      • Kyote
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Kyote is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyote
      • Charlotte
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Iuka
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Iuka is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Dobrowolski
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski
      • Anchorage
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Anchorage is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
      • Amphion
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Amphion is located in Atascosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphion
  • Dimmit County
  • La Salle County
    • County Website:   https://co.la-salle.tx.us/
    • County Seat for La Salle:   Cotulla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Melon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Melon.
      • Millett
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Millett is located in La Salle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
      • Gardendale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Gardendale is located in La Salle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
      • Woodward ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodward is located in La Salle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
      • Los Angeles
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cotulla
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Zamora Acres
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Zamora Acres is located in La Salle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zamora Acres
        • Zamora Acres has also been known as:
        • Zamora Acres Colonia
      • Dull
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Dull is located in La Salle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dull
  • McMullen County
  • Medina County

Footnotes ...

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