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Nearest Communities to Palacios,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Palacios.<1>

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

Palacios 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 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Palacios. Of these communities, 26 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 Palacios (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 Palacios

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

  • Matagorda County   (where Palacios resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Palacios   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Palacios.
      • Camp Hulen
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Camp Hulen is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hulen
      • Collegeport
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pheasant
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Pheasant is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
      • Citrus Grove
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Citrus Grove is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
      • Simpsonville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
      • Tin Top
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Tin Top is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
      • Ashby
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
      • Blessing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Elmaton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Matagorda
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Midfield
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Buckeye
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Gulf Hill
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Gulf Hill is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
        • Gulf ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
        • Markham
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Rymers
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Rymers is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
        • Wadsworth
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Clemville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Clemville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Elliott ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Bay City
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Chinquapin Landing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Chinquapin Landing is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
        • Chinquapin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Chinquapin is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
        • Caney
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Chalmers
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Rugeley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Rugeley is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
        • Van Vleck
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Allenhurst
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Allenhurst is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenhurst
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncotx.org/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Port Lavaca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Palacios   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Palacios.
      • El Campo Club Community
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Schicke Point
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Schicke Point is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schicke Point
      • Port Alto
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Olivia
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Olivia is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivia
      • Point Comfort
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Indianola
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
      • Port O'Connor
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Magnolia Beach
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Magnolia Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
      • Alamo Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Alamo Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Beach
      • Port Lavaca
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sixmile
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
      • Clark Station
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
  • Jackson County
  • Wharton 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palacios) 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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