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Nearest Communities to Wadsworth,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Wadsworth 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 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wadsworth. Of these communities, 32 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 Wadsworth (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 Wadsworth

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

  • Matagorda County   (where Wadsworth resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.matagordatx.gov/
    • County Seat for Matagorda:   Bay City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadsworth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadsworth.
      • Rymers
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Rymers is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
      • Gulf Hill
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Gulf Hill is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hill
      • Buckeye
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Buckeye is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Gulf ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Gulf is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
      • Matagorda
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bay City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Elliott ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Caney
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rugeley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Rugeley is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugeley
      • Markham
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chinquapin Landing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Chinquapin Landing is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin Landing
      • Chinquapin
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Chinquapin is located in Matagorda County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Citrus Grove
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Citrus Grove is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Grove
        • Ashby
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Ashby is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
        • Simpsonville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Simpsonville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
        • Tin Top
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Tin Top is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Top
        • Elmaton
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Van Vleck
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Allenhurst
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Allenhurst is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenhurst
        • Cedar Lane
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gainesmore
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Gainesmore is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesmore
        • Hawkinsville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Hawkinsville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
        • Sargent
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Chalmers
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Sugar Valley
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Sugar Valley is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
        • Clemville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Clemville is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemville
        • Collegeport
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Midfield
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Blessing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Pheasant
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Pheasant is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant
        • Cedar Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Cedar Lake is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
        • McCroskey
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Ashwood
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Ashwood is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwood
        • Podo ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Podo is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podo
        • Palacios
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Camp Hulen
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Hulen is located in Matagorda County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hulen
        • Pledger
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Brazoria County
  • Calhoun County
  • Jackson County
  • Wharton County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wharton.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Wharton:   Wharton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wadsworth   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wadsworth.
      • Magnet
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Magnet is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
      • Danevang
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cane Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Cane Junction is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Junction
      • Don-Tol
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Don-Tol is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don-Tol
      • Lane City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Newgulf Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Newgulf Junction is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newgulf Junction
      • Boling
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Newgulf
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Iago
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Iago is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iago
      • Lefman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Lefman is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lefman
      • Plainview
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Plainview is located in Wharton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wadsworth) 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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