Nearest Communities to Placedo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Placedo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Placedo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 Placedo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Placedo is located in Victoria County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Victoria County: Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca & Refugio.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Placedo. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Victoria 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 Placedo (which is Victoria 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 Placedo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Victoria County (where Placedo resides)
- County Website: https://www.vctx.org/
- County Seat for Victoria: Victoria
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placedo.
- Dacosta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dacosta is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta
- Bloomington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carr is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr
- Wood Hi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wood Hi is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Hi
- Guadalupe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Dernal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dernal is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dernal
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Telferner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Victoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Inez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chipley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chipley is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipley
- McFaddin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Dupre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dupre is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupre
- Aloe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aloe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
- Raisin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
- Moursund
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moursund is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moursund
- Coletoville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coletoville is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coletoville
- Oak Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Village is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Nursery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
- Fordtran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fordtran is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtran
- Aransas County
- County Website: https://www.aransascountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Aransas: Rockport
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- Spanish Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Spanish Village is located in Aransas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
- Calhoun County
- County Website: https://www.calhouncotx.org/
- County Seat for Calhoun: Port Lavaca
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placedo.
- Kamey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kamey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
- Heyser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Heyser is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
- Sixmile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Clark Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
- Green Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- North Seadrift
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Seadrift is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seadrift
- Port Lavaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Mott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Point Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alamo Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alamo Beach is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Beach
- Magnolia Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Beach is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
- Seadrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Olivia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olivia is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivia
- Indianola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indianola is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
- Port Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Port Alto is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Alto
- El Campo Club Community
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Schicke Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Schicke Point is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schicke Point
- Port O'Connor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- DeWitt County
- County Website: https://www.co.dewitt.tx.us/
- County Seat for DeWitt: Cuero
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- Thomaston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goliad County
- County Website: https://www.co.goliad.tx.us/
- County Seat for Goliad: Goliad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placedo.
- Cologne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cologne is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cologne
- Former names for Cologne:
- Centerville
- Ira Station
- Perdido
- Fannin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Schroeder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Schroeder is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schroeder
- Kilgore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Scurlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scurlock is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scurlock
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://www.co.jackson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jackson: Edna
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placedo.
- La Salle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vanderbilt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Toro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- El Toro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Toro
- Lolita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Matilda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Matilda is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Weedhaven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weedhaven is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedhaven
- Edna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- La Ward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Carancahua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carancahua is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carancahua
- Navidad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Navidad is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navidad
- Mount Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Morales
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morales is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales
- Ganado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Refugio County
- County Website: https://www.co.refugio.tx.us/
- County Seat for Refugio: Refugio
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placedo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placedo.
- Tivoli
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maudlowe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maudlowe is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudlowe
- Inari
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Inari is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inari
- Austwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vidaurri
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vidaurri is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidaurri
- Quintana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quintana is located in Refugio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintana
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- Placedo) 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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