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Nearest Communities to Waco,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Waco.<1>

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

Waco is located in McLennan County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLennan County: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill & Limestone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 157 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Waco. Of these communities, 94 are located in counties other than McLennan 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 Waco (which is McLennan 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 Waco

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

  • McLennan County   (where Waco resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mclennan.gov/
    • County Seat for McLennan:   Waco
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waco.
      • Beverly Hills
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Beverly Hills is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,980 people
      • Beverly
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Beverly is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • East Waco
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Vemo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Vemo is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vemo
      • Wardlaw
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Wardlaw is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardlaw
      • Bellmead
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bellmead is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellmead
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellmead <3>
      • Bannas Junction
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bannas Junction is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannas Junction
      • Jewell
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jewell is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Lacy - Lakeview
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bosqueville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Northcrest
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Northcrest is also located in McLennan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcrest
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        • Ocaw
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Ocaw is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocaw
        • Hewitt
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ritchie
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ritchie is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchie
        • Woodway
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodway is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodway
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,077 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodway <3>
        • Speegleville
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Neale
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Neale is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
        • Downs
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Downs is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
        • Atco
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Atco is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atco
        • Harrison
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Oaklake
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Oaklake is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklake
        • Elm Mott
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Erath
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Erath is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erath
        • Valley View
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Valley View is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
        • Downsville
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Willow Grove
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Willow Grove is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
        • Rock Creek
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Rosenthal
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • South Bosque
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • South Bosque is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bosque
        • Eichelberger Crossing
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Eichelberger Crossing is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eichelberger Crossing
        • Asa
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Asa is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa
        • Lake Creek
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Lake Creek is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
        • Gholson
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • China Spring
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Patrick
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Levi
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Levi is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi
        • Lorena
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Windsor
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Windsor is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
        • Rogers Hill
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Rogers Hill is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Hill
        • Ross
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Ross is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <3>
        • Axtell
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Caldwell Crossing
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Caldwell Crossing is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Crossing
        • Highland
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Highland is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
        • Ocee
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Ocee is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
        • Elk
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Hallsburg
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Hallsburg is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
        • Riesel
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Riesel is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riesel
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,049 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riesel <3>
        • Spring Valley
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Spring Valley is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
        • Tokio
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Tokio is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
        • Wiggins
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Wiggins is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins
        • Leroy
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Leroy is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leroy <3>
        • Battle
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Battle is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
        • Tours
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Blackland
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Blackland is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
        • Bruceville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • West
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • West is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <3>
        • Crawford
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Mart
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Mart is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mart
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,983 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mart <3>
        • Hoen
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Hoen is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoen
        • Eddy
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Cottonwood
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Cottonwood is also located in McLennan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Moody
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bell County
    • County Website:   https://www.bellcountytx.com/
    • County Seat for Bell:   Belton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waco.
      • Stampede
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Stampede is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
      • Troy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Meador Grove
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Meador Grove is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador Grove
      • Belfalls
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Belfalls is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfalls
      • Pendleton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Berger
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Berger is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berger
      • White Hall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • White Hall is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
      • Oenaville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Belco
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Belco is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belco
      • Moffat
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Owl Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Owl Creek is located in Bell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Creek
  • Bosque County
  • Coryell County
  • Falls County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.falls.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Falls:   Marlin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waco.
      • Golinda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Golinda is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
      • North Prairie
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Guda
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Guda is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guda
      • Satin
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Perry
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruceville - Eddy
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Bruceville - Eddy is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville - Eddy
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
      • Mooreville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Chilton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Hill
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Rocky Hill is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
      • Dott
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Dott is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
      • Triangle
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Triangle is located in Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
      • Otto
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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        • Cego
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Cego is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cego
        • Tomlinson Hill
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Tomlinson Hill is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomlinson Hill
        • Blevins
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Marlin
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • McClanahan
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Durango
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Lott
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Sunrise
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Sunrise is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
        • Cedar Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Cedar Springs is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
        • Travis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Travis is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis
        • Westphalia
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Stranger
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Blue Ridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Blue Ridge is located in Falls County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
  • Hill County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hill.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hill:   Hillsboro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waco.
      • Tyson
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lebanon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Lebanon is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Spivey Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Spivey Crossing is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey Crossing
      • Aquilla
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Birome
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Birome is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birome
      • Mount Calm
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Menlow
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Menlow is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlow
      • Abbott
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Vaughan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Vaughan is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
      • Penelope
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Prairie Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Prairie Valley is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Valley
      • Woodland Hills
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodland Hills is located in Hill County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
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        • Chatt
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Hubbard
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Peoria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Whitney
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Malone
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bynum
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Winslow
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Winslow is located in Hill County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
  • Limestone County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.limestone.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Limestone:   Groesbeck
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waco.
      • Watt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Prairie Hill
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Victoria
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Victoria is located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Ben Hur
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kirk
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Midway
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Midway is located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Delia ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Mustang
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Mustang is located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
      • Frosa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Little Elm
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Little Elm is located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elm
      • Odds ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Odds was located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odds
      • Big Hill
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Big Hill is located in Limestone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Buffalo Mop
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Buffalo Mop is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Mop
        • Lavender
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Lavender is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
        • Calina
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Calina is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calina
        • Coit
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Coit is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coit
        • Horn Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
        • Munger
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Munger is located in Limestone County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger

Footnotes ...

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