Nearest Communities to Rachal,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rachal, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rachal:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 starting from Rachal.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rachal is located in Brooks County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brooks County: Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg & Starr.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rachal. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Brooks 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 Rachal (which is Brooks 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 Rachal
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Brooks County (where Rachal resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.brooks.tx.us/
- County Seat for Brooks: Falfurrias
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rachal.
- Encino
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Tacubaya
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tacubaya is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacubaya
- Papalote del Norte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Papalote del Norte is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote del Norte
- Noria Willie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Noria Willie is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria Willie
- Alto Colorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alto Colorado is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto Colorado
- La India
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- La India is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La India
- Cantu Addition
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cantu Addition is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantu Addition
- Airport Road Addition
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flowella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flowella is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowella
- Falfurrias
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rush Addition
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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
- Victory Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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
- Hidalgo County
- County Website: https://www.hidalgocounty.us/
- County Seat for Hidalgo: Edinburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rachal.
- Cipres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cipres is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cipres
- Los Angeles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Los Angeles is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
- Puerto Rico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Puerto Rico is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto Rico
- Linn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- San Manuel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- San Manuel is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Manuel
- Laguna Seca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Laguna Seca is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna Seca
- Red Gate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Red Gate is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Gate
- Solino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Solino is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solino
- Los Cerritos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Los Cerritos is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
- Los Cerritos has also been known as:
- Los Cerritos Colonia
- Jim Hogg County
- County Website: https://www.co.jim-hogg.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jim Hogg: Hebbronville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- Agua Nueva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Agua Nueva is located in Jim Hogg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Nueva
- Jim Wells County
- County Website: https://www.co.jim-wells.tx.us/
- County Seat for Jim Wells: Alice
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- La Gloria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- La Gloria is located in Jim Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Gloria
- Kenedy County
- County Website: https://www.kenedycountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Kenedy: Sarita
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rachal.
- Julian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Julian is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Armstrong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Turcotte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turcotte is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turcotte
- Norias
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Norias is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norias
- Rudolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rudolph is located in Kenedy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Starr County
- County Website: https://www.co.starr.tx.us/
- County Seat for Starr: Rio Grande City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rachal ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rachal.
- La Reforma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- La Reforma is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Reforma
- Delmita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gloria Colonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gloria Colonia is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Colonia
- San Isidro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- El Centro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- El Centro is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Old Santa Elena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Santa Elena is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Santa Elena
- Santa Elena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansas City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arkansas City is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
- La Gloria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Gloria is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Gloria
- Santa Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Anna is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Anna
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rachal) 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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