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Nearest Communities to Spanish Village,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Spanish Village.<1>

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


Spanish Village is located in Aransas County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Aransas County: Refugio & San Patricio.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spanish Village. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Aransas 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 Spanish Village (which is Aransas 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 Spanish Village

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

  • Aransas County   (where Spanish Village resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.aransascountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for Aransas:   Rockport
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spanish Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spanish Village.
      • Holiday Beach
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Holiday Beach is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
      • Lamar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Lamar is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Copano Village
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Copano Village is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copano Village
      • Fulton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockport
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Shell Ridge
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Shell Ridge is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Ridge
      • Palm Harbor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Palm Harbor is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Harbor
      • Estes
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Estes is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
      • City-by-the Sea
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • City-by-the Sea is located in Aransas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City-by-the Sea
      • Aransas Pass
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun County
    • County Website:   https://www.calhouncotx.org/
    • County Seat for Calhoun:   Port Lavaca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spanish Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spanish Village.
      • Seadrift
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Long Mott
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • North Seadrift
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • North Seadrift is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seadrift
      • Green Lake
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Heyser
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Heyser is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heyser
      • Clark Station
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Clark Station is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Station
      • Kamey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Kamey is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamey
      • Alamo Beach
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Alamo Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Beach
      • Port Lavaca
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Indianola
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Indianola is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
      • Magnolia Beach
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Magnolia Beach is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Beach
      • Sixmile
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Sixmile is located in Calhoun County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
  • Goliad County
  • Refugio County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.refugio.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Refugio:   Refugio
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spanish Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spanish Village.
      • Austwell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Maudlowe
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Maudlowe is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudlowe
      • Tivoli
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Quintana
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Quintana is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintana
      • Inari
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Inari is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inari
      • Vidaurri
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Vidaurri is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidaurri
      • Bayside
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Saint Marys
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Old Saint Marys is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saint Marys
      • Refugio
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Black Point ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Black Point is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
      • Bonnie View
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Bonnie View is located in Refugio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
      • Woodsboro
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • San Patricio County
    • County Website:   https://www.sanpatriciocountytx.gov/
    • County Seat for San Patricio:   Sinton
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spanish Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spanish Village.
      • Bayview Estates
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Bayview Estates is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Estates
        • Bayview Estates has also been known as:
        • Bayview Estates Colonia
      • Country Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Country Acres is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
        • Country Acres has also been known as:
        • Country Acres Colonia
      • Falman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Falman is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falman
        • Falman has also been known as:
        • Falman Colonia
      • Sherwood Forest
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherwood Forest is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
        • Sherwood Forest has also been known as:
        • Sherwood Forest Colonia
      • Tradewinds Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Tradewinds Estates is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds Estates
        • Tradewinds Estates has also been known as:
        • Tradewinds Estates Colonia
      • Tradewinds
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
      • Whispering Oaks Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Whispering Oaks Estates is located in San Patricio County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks Estates
        • Whispering Oaks Estates has also been known as:
        • Whispering Oaks Estates Colonia
  • Victoria County
    • County Website:   https://www.vctx.org/
    • County Seat for Victoria:   Victoria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spanish Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spanish Village.
      • McFaddin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomington
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Placedo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dernal
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Dernal is located in Victoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dernal
      • Dacosta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Dacosta is located in Victoria County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacosta

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- Spanish Village) 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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