Nearest Communities to Westbrook,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Westbrook, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Westbrook:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Westbrook is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Blanco County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blanco County: Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Llano & Travis.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westbrook. Of these communities, 58 are located in counties other than Blanco County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Westbrook (which is Blanco 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 Westbrook
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Blanco County (where Westbrook resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.blanco.tx.us/
- County Seat for Blanco: Johnson City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Rocky Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Creek is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Post Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Hye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flugrath ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flugrath is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
- Blowout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blowout is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowout
- Blanco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Round Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Payton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Payton is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payton
- Cypress Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Sisters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Burnet County
- County Website: https://www.burnetcountytexas.org/
- County Seat for Burnet: Burnet
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Shovel Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
- Granite Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Shores
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Meadowlakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Sherwood Shores
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood Shores is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Shores
- Marble Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spicewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scobee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scobee is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scobee
- Fairland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairland is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Smithwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smithwick is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
- Comal County
- County Website: https://www.co.comal.tx.us/
- County Seat for Comal: New Braunfels
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Fischer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cranes Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Canyon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canyon Springs is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Springs
- Gillespie County
- County Website: https://www.gillespiecounty.org/
- County Seat for Gillespie: Fredericksburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Albert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Albert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Stonewall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willow City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blumenthal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blumenthal is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blumenthal
- Luckenbach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eckert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eckert is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
- Rocky Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Cain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cain City is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cain City
- Grapetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grapetown is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapetown
- Fredericksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crabapple ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crabapple is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
- Cherry Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cherry Mountain is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mountain
- Hilltop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch
- Hays County
- County Website: https://www.hayscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Hays: San Marcos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Henly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Mount Gainor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Dripping Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzhugh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Woodcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Kendall County
- County Website: https://www.kendallcountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Kendall: Boerne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Lindendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lindendale is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindendale
- Kendalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bankersmith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bankersmith is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankersmith
- Sisterdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oberly Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oberly Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberly Crossing
- Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
- Waring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welfare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Welfare is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
- Kreutzberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
- Bergheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Comfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Llano County
- County Website: https://www.co.llano.tx.us/
- County Seat for Llano: Llano
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Click ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Click is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click
- Horseshoe Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Beach Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oxford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Kingsland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gainesville is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Lakeside Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Heights is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Heights
- Prairie Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Mountain is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Mountain
- Travis County
- County Website: https://www.traviscountytx.gov/
- County Seat for Travis: Austin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westbrook ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westbrook.
- Hammetts Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hammetts Crossing is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammetts Crossing
- Briarcliff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Westbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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